Google researcher @lauriewired explains why vibe coding doesn't make programming fundamentals obsolete any more than calculators made basic math obsolete: "Look at mathematicians. You're not just jumping straight to differential equations. You can do that, but you will have no idea what you're doing. I have this calculator. The calculator does two plus two for me, so then why would I need to know what two plus two is?" "What if you need to start debugging your problem and figuring out what you're doing incorrectly? You have to use these years of building blocks and fundamentals to be able to understand what's happening in the first place." "With legacy code bases, if you're not considering your fundamentals and able to understand what's happening inside of the code base, you'll never be able to extend it. You might not even realize what's actually possible in the language if you don't know what you're doing." @Google