Vibecoding, Negative Expertise, and the Future of Engineering

I’m having a hard time with some of the public narrative that AI spells out the demise of the developer as a profession. LLM-assisted development is a generational shift in how techincal work gets done–and those best positioned to benefit from it are the ones who understand the code being produced and the infrastructure on which it runs. The shift may lead to an increased demand for people with technical expertise and the creation of VibeOps as a category.