Engineer: Hard-Won System Experience Gives an Edge Over Vibe Coders Today
generativist · x · 2026-08-13
The author argues that despite the rise of AI coding tools and "vibe coding," the experience gained from building a massive number of difficult systems remains highly valuable. This deep experience acts as a "perceptive organ" for senior engineers. While the author concedes that future models and their harnesses will eventually become so good that this engineering edge won't matter, that is simply not the reality today.
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