They’re killing “programmer”, not “code”.
> I don't see how they wouldn't take out open source with it as a consequence
An analogy: the automobile industry sought to make working horses redundant, not to go door-to-door and kill horses. Horses getting chopped was an indirect economic consequence.
> If nobody even looks at code why would anyone bother to publish a library, much less care about making it maintainable?
For the exact same reasons as before. Agentic programming still integrates well with the existing ecosystem; I’ll tell agents which libraries to use, so I know what to expect.
While I don’t read the implementation of anything any more unless there’s a hard algorithmic problem, I do make an effort to read and document APIs thoroughly.
Interfacing is exactly the same, it’s just agents doing it.
> if everybody is vibe coding how long before your "average" dev has no idea what a library even is or why you'd want one?
That is a very good question.