I don't think you do get it. Caring about craft and wanting to write things like compilers are two very distinct things.

One is liking a mental challenge - like a crossword puzzle. The other is having pride in the quality of your work.

An LLM is not a compiler. It is the leakiest abstraction of all time. I never experienced a compiler making a mistake, I think, ever. Every LLM I use makes a critical mistake somewhere between 50% and 95% of the time.

If vibe coding truly is the future of coding then it really doesn't matter what you do. Keep up or don't keep up it doesn't matter. Your career is dead either way because your boss will replace you with a prompt. Might as well give up now.