Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

Agentic Engineering

// What it actually means

Building software professionally by directing and reviewing AI coding agents, with the engineer still responsible for architecture, quality and correctness. Andrej Karpathy popularised the term in February 2026 as the grown-up successor to vibe coding.

// The diagnosis

Vibe coding in a lanyard. Same agents, same 2am, but now you review the diff (sometimes) and you have a phrase for it that you can say to your manager.

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