From Hand-Writing to Parallel Agents: Coding Paradigm Shift in 18 Months
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-14
A reflection on the dramatic shift in developer workflows since Karpathy coined "vibe coding" 18 months ago. Initially mocked, the practice evolved from copy-pasting code from ChatGPT and Claude to running 10 parallel coding agents, making hand-writing code feel obsolete and reducing the need to even read the generated code.
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