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PALO ALTO — Following Andrej Karpathy’s viral demonstration of “vibe coding,” several enterprise software firms announced Tuesday they are phasing out traditional software engineering roles in favor of “Vibe Managers.”

Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI, showcased a method of writing software where the human simply manages the AI’s output based on “vibes” rather than writing syntax. Corporate leadership immediately identified the efficiency gains. “We realized we were overpaying for technical literacy,” said Marcus Chen, Chief Technology Officer at Nexus Dynamics. “Our senior engineers were obsessed with ‘security protocols’ and ‘scalable architecture.’ Vibe coding allows us to replace them with generalists who simply ask the AI to make the database ‘more dynamic’ and ‘less judgmental.'”

The shift has already transformed daily operations. Instead of code reviews, teams now hold “Vibe Checks” where the AI-generated software is evaluated on its emotional resonance. “I don’t actually know what Python is,” admitted Sarah Kim, the newly appointed Director of Vibe Architecture, who previously managed the company’s Instagram account. “Yesterday, the payment gateway was giving off bad energy, so I told the AI to make the transaction flow feel like a warm hug. It deleted the encryption layer, but the user interface is incredibly welcoming.”

Implementation has faced minor hurdles. One logistics firm reported that their inventory system, now running entirely on “chill vibes,” hallucinated 40,000 units of non-existent stock because the AI felt the warehouse looked too empty. “It’s a learning process,” noted Chen. “But we’re saving $200 an hour on developers who insist on ‘testing’ things.”

At press time, the Nexus Dynamics homepage was returning a 404 error that the Vibe team described as “an intentional minimalist statement.”

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