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Hand-writing code will become an artisan novelty like calligraphy

Lazar Yovanovich · The rise of the professional vibe coder (a new AI-era job) · Feb 8, 2026 · at 1:03:59

Lazar Yovanovich, vibe coding engineer at Lovable, discusses how AI code generation transforms application-layer development.

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“I use the analogy here of like coding is going to be like calligraphy. You writing code is going to be the equivalent of like you write, you fine printing like on, on a canvas and people are like, oh my God, you wrote that code. That's so amazing. It's going to be so rare that it's going to become an art, right? It's not going to be, it's going to be commoditized completely.”

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