AI tools are revolutionizing the way developers create code. Although it’s challenging to determine the exact proportion of AI-generated code, estimates place it between 20% and 40%, with expectations for growth in the future. This change has led to a new coding paradigm where developers direct and refine AI-generated solutions rather than writing all code manually.
Recently named “vibe coding” by Andrej Karpathy, this method shifts the programmer’s duties from detailed coding tasks to supervising and improving AI-generated code. It highlights the collaborative nature of working with AI, merging human creativity with machine efficiency to tackle complex issues.
Vish Abrams, Chief Architect at Heroku with past experience at Oracle and NASA, discusses these developments in a conversation with Kevin Ball. They explore the state of AI tools, the potential limits of vibe coding, AI tools for individuals versus teams, the Model Context Protocol, Heroku’s managed inference service, among other topics.
Full Disclosure: Salesforce (Heroku) sponsors this episode.
Kevin Ball, known as KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and leaders. He has co-founded companies, served as CTO, started the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI Inaction group through Latent Space.
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