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We need to acknowledge that working effectively with AI programming tools is HARD - they're unintuitive, full of traps and can churn out huge volumes of bad code if you let them But they can also greatly amplify your existing programming expertise if you know how to wield them

7/10/25, 2:36 pm1 repost52 likes

It turns out techniques used by top software engineering teams help accelerate coding agents as well: Version control, documentation, careful planning, automated tests, linters, strong code review culture, really thorough QA Sophisticated processes for professional engineers

Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers" It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick!

Time Spinner

@spinny.bsky.social

try 'agentic engineering' which could be abbreviated to 'ageng' which I want to see a thousand text-to-speech and podcasters try to pronounce

petr-stedry.bsky.social

@petr-stedry.bsky.social

I'd second that. When I spend hours writing that spec, there aren't many 'vibes' in it. AgEng sounds better to me 👍

David Asboth

@davidasboth.com

Part of the "stickiness" of terms is how much people like to debate whether they're good terms in the first place. People will use it more if it's controversial (probably)

Martin Fowler

@martinfowler.com

I'd avoid "vibe" - as it's closely associated with vibe coding. I rather like @kentbeck.com' s use of "augmented" programming. Although the need for such a term won't last long as it becomes BAU.

Louis Maddox

@permutans.bsky.social

10 Oct 2025

The meaning of ‘vibe’ is as in “based on vibes” i.e. taking something’s surface appearance of working software as sufficient to use. If you were going to change the semantic character to not mean that kind of irresponsible inattentiveness, you’d change the 1st word of the pair not the 2nd

Augmented is a good word! Also amplified perhaps I want a hint at engineering over just programming though since there's a lot more to it than purely producing code, see notes here simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...

Jms Dnns

@jmsdnns.bsky.social

"vibe" is the issue... at some point the ideal is for it to just be engineering like anything else

Robert Headley

@robertheadley.com

@ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social

To be fair. Vibe coding itself is a bad and stupid term. Also, absolutely, the more you know about software design, the more effective Vibe coding is going to be for you.

Ruo Shui