Many of the highly upvoted posts of the last ~month have been about "vibe engineering" and "context engineering". The comments on these posts suggest an air of enthusiasm one doesn't see on posts about programming.
> consider a more nuanced question
As a long-time poster here I simply do not agree.
> I disagree with you on both
Your rationale?
By using AI to automate things you once did manually, you are:
- Helping a model do something better you were once able to do (and get someone to pay you to do). Such a time may arise when your input is no longer required.
- Propagating the idea that such things no longer require the skill they once did.
- Propagating the idea that it doesn't take you as long to do something you once did, begging the question why employers would pay you as much as they once did.
- Failing to continue to learn as you once did (that numerous studies have since confirmed; people who use generative AI don't exhibit the same critical thinking as those who don't).