https://www.fernandoux.com/tags/engineering/Recent content in Engineering on Fernando RuizHugoen-ushttps://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/ai/vibe-coding-vs-ai-assisted-engineering/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/ai/vibe-coding-vs-ai-assisted-engineering/<div class="info-panel"> <div class="info-header"> <span class="material-symbols-outlined info-panel-icon">info</span> <span class="info-panel-label">Quick Definition</span> </div> <div class="info-content"> <strong>Vibe coding</strong> means programming with AI and accepting the code without reviewing it (the full definition is in [[what-is-vibe-coding|what is vibe coding]]). <strong>AI-assisted engineering</strong> uses the same tools inside a process with a specification, a plan, human review and tests. The difference is not the tool but what happens before and after the AI writes. </div> </div> <h2 id="what-separates-one-from-the-other">What separates one from the other?</h2> <p>Both start the same way: a description in natural language and an AI that generates code. The difference shows up at three moments.</p>