Quoting Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias expresses a preference for professionally managed software companies using AI to produce better products over personal 'vibecoding' efforts.

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# A quote from Matthew Yglesias Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/28/matthew-yglesias/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/28/matthew-yglesias/) 28th April 2026 > Five months in, I think I've decided that I don't want to vibecode — I want professionally managed software companies to use AI coding assistance to make more/better/cheaper software products that they sell to me for money\. —[Matthew Yglesias](https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/2049105745132585161),in a now\-deleted Tweet

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