Karpathy 'Agentic Engineering' Framing: Humans Direct and Supervise, Agents Produce All Code

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Beyond the no-code-since-December headline, Karpathy formally named the current phase 'Agentic Engineering' — distinct from vibe coding — where humans orchestrate and supervise agents rather than writing any code themselves. He characterized the shift as a 'magnitude-9 earthquake' for the programming profession, arguing the bits contributed by programmers are increasingly sparse. The framing is the clearest definitional stake in the ground from a credible researcher on what comes after vibe coding.