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October 22, 2025 · St Louis

Vibe Coding: Control and Rigor

Learn how to manage AI coding tool context windows, enforce code control with documentation and automation, and treat generated code with rigorous review.

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Tech stack
  • Claude Code
    Anthropic's agentic coding tool: Unleash Claude's raw power directly in your terminal or IDE to turn complex, hours-long workflows into a single command.
    Claude Code is Anthropic’s powerful agentic coding assistant, designed for high-velocity development. It operates natively within your terminal, IDE (VS Code, JetBrains), or via a web interface, allowing you to delegate complex tasks like feature building, bug fixing, and codebase navigation. The agent plans, edits files, executes commands, and creates commits, maintaining awareness of your entire project structure. Internally, Anthropic engineers using Claude Code reported a 67% increase in productivity, demonstrating its capacity to deliver significant gains for Pro and Max plan users.
  • Cursor
    The AI-native code editor designed for high-velocity development through deep LLM integration.
    Cursor is a fork of VS Code that embeds AI directly into the development workflow while maintaining full extension compatibility. It leverages models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o to power features such as Cmd+K for inline edits and Cmd+L for codebase-wide chat. By indexing local files, Cursor provides precise context for its predictive 'Tab' completions and multi-file 'Composer' mode. This setup allows engineers to move from high-level intent to functional code without leaving the editor or losing context.

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