TLDR: Vibe coding is fun but not sustainable. LLMs work like non-deterministic compilers and expecting them to replace engineers does not work. AI works best as an accelerator, not a replacement for thinking. Ignore it and you fall behind. Rely on it blindly and you create technical debt. The productive path is structured workflows, planning, and knowing when to delegate versus when to write the code yourself.
Let me start with a distinction that often gets missed. Vibe coding is when you feed requirements into a large language model and hope for the best. It is fast and can be enjoyable. It works well for prototypes and starting new projects.