Simon Willison: Vibe Coding and Agentic Engineering Are Converging — 611 Points, 660 Comments on HN
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Simon Willison published a deeply personal essay admitting he no longer reviews every line of agent-generated production code, despite 25+ years of engineering discipline. He frames this as 'normalization of deviance' — each successful unreviewed deployment increases risk. The post hit 611 points and 660 comments on HN, with practitioners debating whether the productivity gain (200 to 2,000 lines/day) justifies the accountability gap.