Vibe coding is a good starting point, but it is not where serious AI-assisted development ends. The next step is agentic engineering: using AI coding agents inside a controlled engineering workflow, with context, tests, review and clear boundaries. Vibe coding often focuses on the generated output: Ask for feature -> get code -> run it -> ask for fixes Agentic engineering focuses on the system ar
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Vibe coding is one of those terms that sounds unserious until you notice how many people are actually doing it. The basic idea is simple: describe what you want, let an AI coding tool generate the implementation, run it, adjust the prompt, and keep going. It can feel magical. It can also go wrong very quickly. Vibe coding works best when the problem is visible and forgiving: small prototypes inter