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Original: https://addyosmani.com/blog/agentic-engineering/
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Summary
A February 2026 blog post by Addy Osmani adopting Andrej Karpathy’s suggested term “agentic engineering” for disciplined, AI-agent-assisted software development with continued human oversight (planning before prompting, reviewing every diff, testing relentlessly, owning the system) — distinguishing it from “vibe coding” (Karpathy’s own earlier term for reckless, unreviewed AI-driven coding) and from Simon Willison’s “vibe engineering” proposal. It argues the practice disproportionately rewards engineers with strong existing fundamentals and risks skill atrophy for those who lean on AI before building them.