Agentic Engineering

Andrej Karpathy term:Andrej Karpathy - AI Ascent 2026

Definition

• Manage “spiky/stochastic” agents for speed without sacrificing quality/security.
• High ceiling: Top users >10x engineers.

Practices

• Detailed specs/plans; human oversight (taste, judgment).
• Hiring: Big projects + agent attack sims (not puzzles).
• Agents as “interns”: Fill details, humans design fundamentals.

Complements vibe coding (floor) with pro rigor.