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World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 24, 2026 • Session details

It's Not Vibe Coding If You Know What You're Doing

Sean O'Dell , Jeff Blankenburg

Building complex apps with AI isn't just "vibe coding." Learn how strict guardrails and repeatable patterns turn erratic AI agents into safe, hyper-productive engineering collaborators.

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13:07 min

Analyzing the practical limits of AI vibe coding

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The limitations of vibe coding for production software

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Vibe coding versus professional software engineering and accountability

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Overcoming initial skepticism of AI code generation

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The limits of vibe coding and zero-to-one prototyping

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The culture and developer reaction to vibe coding

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