Overview
- In a new X post, Andrej Karpathy says AI has pushed software development far from business as usual and calls programming increasingly unrecognizable.
- He argues coding agents are now extremely disruptive to default workflows, claiming they largely failed before December but have broadly worked since.
- As an example, he says an agent built a home-camera video analysis dashboard in about 30 minutes, handling errors and researching fixes without his direct input.
- Karpathy maintains these systems still need high-level direction and taste, framing the approach as delegation and saying deep expertise is an even stronger multiplier at the top tier.
- Reaction to his terminology remains split, with OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger labeling “vibe coding” a slur, while developer commentary describes the workflow as shifting design into natural language with AI scaffolding boilerplate code.