Vibe coding is the most seductive of the four failures, which is why it is the most dangerous.

It works, and that is the problem. Building something alone, on your own machine, is genuinely easy now — and nothing about that weekend prepares you for four people, three levels of access, and an agent acting unattended.

Coding stacks took decades to get good. AI-assisted engineering still needs measurement, testing, and standards you can hold it to. We treat engineering as a primary risk, not a solved one.