Is vibe coding dead? What Karpathy's "agentic engineering" means if you don't code

The short answer

No, vibe coding isn't dead — but its inventor says it's been outgrown by professionals. In February 2026, Andrej Karpathy, who coined "vibe coding" a year earlier, wrote that programming via AI…

What he said — agent-written code is now a pro default, with more oversight

The new name — "agentic engineering," proposed in February 2026

Is vibe coding dead? — the word stayed; the professional bar moved

For you — the upgrade is oversight, and it can be learned

The takeaway

Karpathy didn't say you were doing it wrong. He said the people doing it for a living now bring more oversight to it, and gave that a name. You can take the same step in the same tool you're using,…