The AI engineering methodology ladder: 92% of US devs now vibe coding
No_Stretch433 · reddit · 2026-09-07
The post lays out a six-stage evolution of AI engineering methodologies: AI-Assisted → Vibe Coding (used by 92% of US developers, with architecture-control risks) → VibeOps → AI-Driven Development (AIDD) → Spec-Driven Development (SDD) → Agentic Engineering with autonomous orchestrator-worker agents. The author argues AIDD and SDD are now baseline and the next stage remains an open question.
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