When Vibe Coding Meets Reality I didn’t start thinking about this because I’m excited about AI writing code. I started thinking about it because I kept seeing the same patterns repeat over the years. This time, they come under a new name: vibe coding, the habit of describing what you want in natural language and letting an AI scaffold the system for you, often without deeply understanding the code it produces. ...
I heard Satya Nadella describe this week on the All-In podcast how LinkedIn has been collapsing product management, UX, and engineering roles into a single “full-stack builder” role. The framing was optimistic: AI reduces construction costs and speeds up delivery. At a surface level, this makes sense. AI dramatically accelerates prototyping, implementation, and iteration. In many environments, the traditional separation between PM, design, and engineering really does introduce friction that slows learning and execution. ...