Glossary · term

Agentic Engineering

A term popularized by Andrej Karpathy (2026) to denote a more mature successor to "vibe coding": the shift from loose prompting to engineering discipline, in which AI agents autonomously plan, write, debug, and iterate on code, while the human moves toward the role of architect and reviewer.

Karpathy2026Wave 3 · 2025–26Maturity: 3/5

Maturity rationale

Karpathy II 2026, successor to vibe coding

References

Author: Andrej Karpathy