Vibe Coding Will 10X Every Developer, Yet Never, Ever, Replace Them

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Coding will be automated by 2026.

We will never need developers in the future.

AI is coming for your job.

Every developer today has heard these comments.

I’m writing this article to tell you they could not be more wrong.

And how vibe coding can supercharge your development career,

Read this article to the end to find out why.

First, here’s the truth about vibe coding with newbies.

The Standard Result of Vibe Coding

Practically everyone I know has seen the vibe coding revolution claims.

Children build cross-platform apps without knowing coding, just with Cursor AI and Claude Sonnet 3.5 (and now Sonnet 3.7).

The famous flight simulation game built in HTML with vibe coding that earns 50K a month.

What we have to realize is that these are rare exceptions.

This is the general result of vibe coding when you do not know how to code:

Even today, a CS degree is still a fantastic credential to have under your belt.

A Master’s degree in CS from a leading university is still the best investment for your future.

(Although it is best to work for a while so that you can support your own cost and not rely on your parents -

Or even better, have the company sponsor the entire Master’s degree for you).

Why?

Because of the knowledge you will receive that newbies don’t.

What knowledge?

Read on!

Priceless Coding Knowledge that Sets Qualified Developers Apart

These are the most crucial bits of knowledge that software engineers have and vibe coders do not:

Fundamental Software Engineering Principles:

This is what developers know, and vibe coders do not.

Modularity and Debugging

• If your code is written in a single file with a monolithic architecture, it is a nightmare to debug.
• Even if the code is split into files and modules, how will you debug it when the AI fails you in a year’s time?
• And with all the changes that your users will ask for, 1 year will be a short time.
• How will you understand if your AI has made a mistake?

Design Patterns and S.O.L.I.D Architecture Principles

• The vibe coder will ask you what design patterns are.
• If you talk about Dependency Injection you will get a blank stare.
• Domain-Driven Design - what is that?
• You get the picture.

Test Driven Development

“If your code hath not tests, it be not clean.”

Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) in Clean Code

• If your code has no tests - it is not trivial to modify.
• And change is the unfailing rule of every software project.
• There is no substitute for unit tests with 100% code coverage.
• If you don’t have unit tests, when you make changes, you are driving with your eyes closed.
• This is essential. Every software project today must have coverage with unit tests.
• And do the advanced developer’s version of TDD, not the classical style.

Version Control

• “I’m not a git, you are!”
• Try explaining version control to a vibe coder.
• Git is essential, especially when you already have a working MVP.
• If you cannot revert your code and you cannot undo a commit -
• What kind of coder are you?

Computer Architecture

• As abstraction increases, this is less of a headache, but it’s worth noting.
• Do vibe coders know how to profile their code?
• Can they optimize edge cases?
• Pipelining, caching, assembly language, hardware considerations, API costs…
• I could go on and on.

Maintenance

• Software project - 5% design, 25% implementation, 70% maintenance.
• And for large projects that can go to 10% development and 90% maintenance.
• Yes, your AI can handle most tasks, so you are good -for 50% of changes.
• When you want the entire code to be ported or optimized, are you going to vibe code again?
• Perhaps AI can help you port to Linux or even use Flutter and Dart or Golang so no major changes are necessary -
• But how can you reliably change something you do not understand when AI requires double-checking?

I’m not mentioning mission-critical and life-threatening software here because that aspect is easy for everyone to understand.

I don’t need to explain why we can’t use vibe coding for over 50% of the world’s software because that should be obvious to everyone.

Developers, Embrace AI and Become Legendary 10X Versions of Yourself

If you are a qualified developer, now is your time in the limelight.

You will find that you can ace every review, write clean code effortlessly, and generate your unit tests and documentation with AI.

You can 10X your output extremely easily.

All developers have heard of the 10X developer:

1. The one who breathes system design
2. Who fixes difficult bugs in his sleep
3. Who stops everyone talking and makes them listen just by opening his mouth
4. Who has not mastered optimization for cloud, who IS optimization for cloud.

Well - this is your chance.

I strongly recommend the coding assistants below (no affiliate links - I’m not that cheap):

GitHub Copilot

https://github.com/features/copilot

Trae Coding

https://www.trae.ai

Code Rabbit

https://www.coderabbit.ai/

Replit.ai

https://replit.com/

Gemini Code Assist

https://codeassist.google/

Intellicode

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/services/intellicode/

RooCode

https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code

There are other places to get a review of these tools.

I’m here to tell you why you should adopt one or more of them (some are free).

Be Creative - Let Your Imagination Run Wild

That app idea you always had?

The creative idea you have been nurturing?

The unique value proposition that you always wished someone would implement?

Now you can build everything you’ve ever been dreaming of.

Let your imagination run riot.

Dream!

Dream big!

Dream really big!

If people who know nothing about code can accomplish so much -

What is the limit for someone who knows what they are doing?

Aim for the stars - and you might just hit the moon!

There are no limits.

AI is not coming for your job.

It’s coming for you.

To make you the best version of yourself that you have ever dreamed of becoming.

A superhero.

How cool is that?

What About 10X Developers Who Are Already Superheroes?

If you are already a 10X developer -

You probably have left your company -

And started a company of your own -

Because you are so good at what you do -

You know how powerful the 100X version of yourself with AI is -

And you know how good your product will be -

One of the main reasons that so many senior developers start their own companies is the potential provided by AI.

Truly, truly, I tell you:

We are barely scratching the surface!

There are so much potential wealth and startup sensations waiting to happen in AI, ML, AGI, ASI, Blockchain, AR/VR, AGI, Robotics, Automation, Real-World Industries, and even Quantum Apps -

That there are potentially an infinite number of use cases for all of these technologies -

To transform the world.

We are just beginning a very wild ride.

Watch this space.

Embrace AI.

Because we are just getting started.

And the more creative and crazy your idea is -

The better chance you have that it will take over the world.

All the very best to your 100X AI-enabled developer future.

And never stop dreaming!

Ever.

Life on Earth is too short for that!

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