AGENTIC ENGINEERING

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Agentic engineering is a professional term that describes what is actually happening: the engineer orchestrates AI agents as they act as an architect, reviewer, and decision maker. It is a serious engineering discipline that involves autonomous agents. The term definitely sounds better than 'vibe coding' in professional settings. Agentic engineering disproportionately benefits senior engineers who understand system design, security patterns, and performance tradeoffs. They know what good code looks like, so they can efficiently review and correct AI output.