People keep blaming the users for the growing number of vibe-coded reasoners. Doing so is *half* right. Users *are*screwing up - by letting …

People keep blaming the users for the growing number of vibe-coded reasoners. Doing so is half right. Users arescrewing up - by letting vibe coded stuff access their files, without proper backups, without proper monitoring, without adequate sysadmin, etc. But that’s exactly why we still need software engineers — and why what Dario recently said about software engineers disappearing is so absurd. Skilled coders can use vibe-coded tools, with careful oversight. But amateurs using vibe-coding tools are asking for trouble. Using them without a strong prior working knowledge in coding and sysadmin is the mistake. @GaryMarcus I see this as a user error. Apparently, the people who set this up probably missed important details. Poor sysadmin. If they had one. You can’t run powerful agents without constant monitoring and monitoring tools. It’s not a set n forget system

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Source: Gary Marcus (X) | 2026-04-27