Vibe coding isn't the problem—conflating it with agentic engineering is
bendee983 · x · 2026-09-05
Pushing back on claims that "vibe coding" is a terrible name, bendee983 argues the term is fine: vibe coding means getting AI to produce software from a simple command, good for iterating on ideas and personal tools—not for quality, scalable software.
The real problem is conflating it with "agentic engineering": teaming with one or more AI agents to design and implement secure, manageable, scalable applications, which requires real software engineering expertise. Everyone can vibe-code; agentic engineering demands engineering knowledge. The quoted post adds that bad software is a skill issue, not a tooling problem.
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