The ever-provocative Steve Yegge joins us fresh off a vibe coding bender so productive, he wrote a book on the topic alongside award-winning author Gene Kim. Steve tells us why he believes the IDE is dead, why babysitting AI agents is more fun than coding, when vibe coding might take over the enterprise, how software devs should approach coding agents, and what it all means for society.
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Steve Yegge &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/steveyegge" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveyegge" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://x.com/Steve_Yegge" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak &ndash; <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview">Claude Code</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ampcode.com/">Amp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/">OpenAI Codex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sourcegraph.com/blog/revenge-of-the-junior-developer">Revenge of the junior developer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://a.co/d/68u8BW2">Steve’s book</a></li>
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