Andrew Ng on the fundamentals that let you steer a coding agent
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
vibe coding — Building software by describing what you want to an AI in plain language and steering the result, instead of writing every line yourself.
Why it matters
vibe codingBuilding software by describing what you want to an AI in plain language and steering the result, instead of writing every line yourself.Full definition → without fundamentals produces agents making unexamined tradeoffs you never knew existed. The piece names where that bites hardest — data architecture chosen early and hard to change, and the shift from specialist to full-stack plus part-time security engineer.
