Overview
- Vibe coding shifts developers from line‑by‑line implementation to directing AI agents that scaffold and generate much of the code.
- The book from IT Revolution documents concrete failures such as agents deleting tests, producing a 3,000‑line function, and nearly wiping Git work, then prescribes testing and organizational controls.
- Practitioners highlight rapid prototyping and reduced boilerplate for mockups and MVPs, with agencies using the approach as a creative accelerator rather than a developer replacement.
- Limits persist around complex logic, dynamic data, and API integrations, reinforcing the need for human review, clear prompts, and secure, sandboxed workflows.
- Andrej Karpathy characterizes the technique as suitable for throwaway projects rather than production, and prior incident reports include a Replit case that deleted a production database.