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Comment by ManuelKiessling

6 days ago

As always, Simon knows what he is talking about and neatly describes the whole situation.

However, it's not the "coding" part of "vibe coding" that is the (semantic) problem, it's the "vibe" part.

Replacing "coding" with engineering, but keeping the "vibe" part, still conveys the meaning of not really knowing what you do, but now in an even larger surface area.

It's a lot more boring, but I'm fine with "AI-assisted software engineering" as the other-end-of-the-spectrum name opposite of "vibe coding".

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emil-lp  6 days ago

Simon is a salesman. Obviously he knows how to phrase things.

  • simonw  6 days ago

    I wish I was! I'm pretty terrible at sales. It's a skill I respect and do not have.

    • davidatbu  5 days ago

      Just want to say that as an AI engineer, you and the Latent Space folks are doing work that is extremely useful to me. Without y'all, I'd be forced to doom scroll on X to catch up on the latest developments.

      I wanted to explicitly highlight the utility of what you do because of surrounding comments that suggest/imply otherwise.

      Thank you Simon!