Strong feelings are fair, but the architect analogy cuts the other way. Architects and civil engineers do not eyeball every rebar or hand compute every load. They probably use way more automation than you would think.
I do not claim this is vibe coding, and I do not ship unreviewed changes to safety critical systems (in case this is what people think). I claim that in 2025 reviewing every single changed line is not the only way to achieve quality at the scale that AI codegen enables. The unit of review is shifting from lines to specifications.
You were never an engineer. I'm 18 years into my career on the web and games and I was never an engineer. It's blind people leading blind people and your somewhere in the middle based on 2013 patterns you got to this point on and 2024 advancements called "Vibe Coding" and you get paid $$ to make it work.
Building a bridge from steel that lasts 100 years and carries real living people in the tens or hundreds of thousands per day without failing under massive weather spikes is engineering.
iagooar|5 months ago
I do not claim this is vibe coding, and I do not ship unreviewed changes to safety critical systems (in case this is what people think). I claim that in 2025 reviewing every single changed line is not the only way to achieve quality at the scale that AI codegen enables. The unit of review is shifting from lines to specifications.
nobunaga|5 months ago
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baw-bag|5 months ago
Building a bridge from steel that lasts 100 years and carries real living people in the tens or hundreds of thousands per day without failing under massive weather spikes is engineering.