vibe coding
Bringing “tech’s biggest All Stars” to Portland
One gripe I often hear about Portland folks is that we don’t tend to think big enough. It comes from a good place. Recognizing that we’ve got a ton of creativity, talent, and potential. We just don’t always have the risk tolerance. But that may be changing if AJ Green of the AI Collective has anything to say about it.
The Future of Agentic Vibe Coding: Constrained Natural Language and Language-Oriented Programming for DSLs on Steroids
The pronouncement that “programming is dead” and natural language is the new programming paradigm has become a familiar refrain in AI circles. But before we accept this proclamation at face value, we should remember who’s making it: those who’ve bet everything on AI and profit from this particular narrative. The reality, as usual, is more nuanced and far more interesting.
Clarity Traders: Beyond Vibe Coding
The software engineering community is experiencing a moment of collective vertigo. AI coding assistants, from Claude Code to various copilots, promise that anyone — even founders without deep technical knowledge — can now build software as easily as recording a video. The dream of the “citizen developer” feels tantalizingly close. Yet this narrative fundamentally misunderstands what software engineers actually do.