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TEIs coding dead? 💀👇trigger warning…
At @websummit, I asked Michele Catasta, President & Head of AI at @repllit, the billion-dollar question:
“Is it worth learning to code in 2026?”
His answer?
Vibecoding > Coding. ✨
The game isn’t about syntax anymore.
It’s about speed.
It’s about finding product-market fit before you run out of caffeine.
I’ve been testing a more design-first, agent-driven way of building and it honestly feels like the future of coding. 🤯
We’re in the era where you can go from a random shower thought to a polished, industry-grade UI in minutes.
No design degree.
No CSS spirals.
Just vibes.
Here’s the part that actually matters 👇
This isn’t “no code.”
It’s front-loading thinking.
You start with intent instead of files.
You shape the product before you commit to implementation.
You get something concrete fast enough to react to, break, and throw away if it’s bad.
And yes- real coding is still required.
But the role changed.
This wipes out junior busywork.
The “set up the boilerplate,” “move the button 4px,” “wire the same auth flow again” era is over.
What’s left is professional work:
• Architecture
• Tradeoffs
• Performance
• Security
• Systems that actually scale
Coding didn’t disappear.
It just moved downstream.
Like Michele said:
Be the person who decides what to build.
Let AI handle the parts that slow you down.
If you’re still writing code before you know why you’re building something, you’re playing the old game.
Coding isn’t dead.
But vibecoding is how you earn the right to write the code that matters.
Curious what you’d build if friction disappeared 👀
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