Vibe Coding Is Dead. Here's What You Actually Need to Pass Technical Interviews in 2026.

Andrej Karpathy coined "vibe coding" in early 2025. By February 2026, he declared it passe. The replacement? Agentic engineering, where AI agents don't just autocomplete your code. They autonomously plan tasks, read your codebase, run tests, and self-correct. And this shift is completely changing how companies hire. I've been building ByteMentor AI, an interview prep platform with 19 AI-powered practice modes, and watching these changes in real time. Here's what's actually happening and how to prepare. The Numbers Are Wild $4.7 billion: vibe coding market size in 2026 92% of US developers now use AI coding tools daily 41% of all code is AI-generated 56% wage premium for workers with AI skills 85% of developers regularly use AI tools for coding And here's the one that matters most for interviews: Meta now lets you use AI in coding interviews. GPT-5, Claude, Gemini. All available in the room. How Meta Changed the Game Meta replaced one of their two onsite coding rounds with an AI-enabled