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Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like

Simon Willison · 7 min read

A post on simonwillison.net is cited by 18 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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18blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time1820
Last 90 days77
Last 30 days00
Last 7 days00
Figures for this page
First cited6 May 2026
Latest citation5 Sept 2026
Words blogs link it with5
Linked with its own title5 of 18 blogs
External links2
Length1,519
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2026
New citing blogs a week, since May 2026: 23 weeks, peak 4 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 4

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New citing blogs a week, week by week
Week of Value
4 May 20264
11 May 20261
18 May 20263
25 May 20261
1 Jun 20261
8 Jun 20261
15 Jun 20260
22 Jun 20260
29 Jun 20260
6 Jul 20260
13 Jul 20262
20 Jul 20260
27 Jul 20260
3 Aug 20262
10 Aug 20261
17 Aug 20260
24 Aug 20261
31 Aug 20261
7 Sept 20260
14 Sept 20260
21 Sept 20260
28 Sept 20260 (still settling)
5 Oct 20260 (still settling)

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 18 blogs across 2 subjects: technology 13, life 1, unclassified 4.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than i’d like5 blogs
  • vibe coding and agentic engineering2 blogs
  • blurry1 blog
  • here1 blog
  • may 2026 post1 blog

Cited by 18 blogs in 20 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
Agentic engineering: a practical guide to reliable coding agents

linked as “Simon Willison: Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at scottspence.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Aug 2026
Notes from the AI Coding Transition

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at emschwartz.me (opens in a new tab)
5 Aug 2026
Commentary on the Gas Town Sequel

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at emmajuettner.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Aug 2026
Faulty Towers, vibe sickness, and the vibe bobsled

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at dustycloud.org (opens in a new tab)
17 Jul 2026
May 2026 Bakery

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like I recently talked with Joseph R…”

Read at verynormal.info (opens in a new tab)
4 Jun 2026
xfbs.net1 post
Software Development in 2026

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at xfbs.net (opens in a new tab)
28 May 2026
Dispatch #39 (May 2026)

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like”

Read at davideisinger.com (opens in a new tab)
12 May 2026
GitHub is dead, What's next?

linked as “Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like”

Read at alexhyett.com (opens in a new tab)
10 May 2026
Bloomscrolling & Agentic Intelligence

linked as “Simon Willison has a great series of articles on the difference”

Read at aquarionics.com (opens in a new tab)
9 May 2026
6 May 2026

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