Karpathy Just Retired 'Vibe Coding' — Here's What It Means for Your Learning Path

Andrej Karpathy coined 'vibe coding' in February 2025. Fourteen months later, he's officially declared the term passé. The replacement: 'agentic engineering.' If you're in the middle of learning to code with AI — or considering starting — this shift matters more than you might think. It's not just a rebrand. It signals a genuine change in what the skill set looks like, what employers expect, and what you should be learning right now. Here's what Karpathy actually said, why it changes the learning roadmap, and what Agentic Engineering means for how you should be building your AI-assisted development skills.