Vibe Coding at Scale: Customizing AI Assistants for Enterprise Environments - Harald Kirshner,
Jun 27, 2025 · 15:26
Harald Kirshner, a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft working on VS Code and GitHub Copilot, argues that 'vibe coding' must evolve from ad-hoc experimentation to structured, spec-driven approaches for enterprise environments. He breaks vibe coding into three stages: YOLO (rapid prototyping with auto-accept and voice dictation), structured (using templates, custom instructions, and tools like MCP for consistency), and spec-driven (iterating from a plan for scale and reliability). Kirshner demonstrates VS Code Insiders' agent mode, new workspace flow, and auto-approve features, emphasizing that developers should commit often, review agent pauses, and leverage workspace instructions to maintain quality. He advocates for standardizing AI usage through team-defined prompts and modes, preserving developer autonomy while ensuring maintainable code even in complex, polyglot codebases.
