Inside a FAANG Engineer's Workflow: AI-Assisted Dev in Practice

Hey all,

I saw this Reddit post written by an experienced engineer at a big tech company. It gives a clear, practical overview on how AI (like copilots) is being integrated into real-world software engineering: everything from writing technical design docs, going through structured reviews, and incorporating test-driven development, to bringing in AI for implementation and testing. The author claims this workflow gives a solid productivity boost and enhances code quality.

As a side note, some Reddit commenters discuss whether this counts as "vibe coding" or something like "AI-assisted development". I personally don't care but what do you think? Is this vibe coding or something else?

Also, have you used a similar structured workflow or pipeline like this with AI tools or do you prefer a more exploratory, iterative style?

Vibe coding 👍

Not vibe coding 👎

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