I feel I have enough experience with vibe coding at this point to say it's better than many think, but not as great as others claim. It tends to stroke your ego and encourage some pretty dumb shit. And this makes sense from a sales perspective. No one would pay for an AI that calls them a dumb fuck and says their idea is shit and insecure as hell. Well, I would. But the tech seems to be built in a way that gets the user hooked. It's a subtle feedback loop fueled by ego. It's very easy to start feeling more capable and advanced than one actually is. I've had to call out some pretty bad stuff that I only noticed because of actual training outside of AI.
It's great, but for now, I still think we need capable engineers for anything even a little serious.