AI is transforming how software engineers do their jobs. Just dont call it vibe-coding

One of the hottest markets in the artificial intelligence industry is selling chatbots that write computer code.

Some call it “vibe-coding” because it encourages an AI coding assistant to do the grunt work as human software developers work through big ideas. Others dislike that term. But there’s no question that these tools are transforming the job experience for many tech workers amid an intense rivalry between leading AI companies to make the best one.

“The essence of it is you’re no longer in the nitty-gritty syntax,” said Cat Wu, project…