Code for Taiwan July Gathering: Vibe Coding vs. AI Coding — Why do you feel like you’re just taking a gamble even when you use AI?

You must have used ChatGPT or Claude to help you write code. Sometimes it gives you what you need right away, and other times, you may have to revise it ten times and still find it doesn’t work, and you can’t quite explain why.The difference is not about how strong the AI is, but whether you are doing 'vibe coding' or 'AI coding'. The former means you take whatever the AI gives you as long as it works; the latter means you know what you want, can produce it, and can validate it.Ci has been sharing practical notes on AI development on Threads, using Claude Code to clear out over 40,000 accumulated Gmail messages in one afternoon, and has also shared about ‘completing a company's restructuring project after a good night’s sleep’. In this presentation, he will help you distinguish between these two modes, and using the concepts of SDD and harness, transform you from 'taking a gamble' to 'getting results every time'.This session will cover whatWho is it suitable forAbout the speakerCi Yang | AI-driven Development Content Creator (@ci.fullstack)Full-stack engineer focusing on AI Agents and the practical workflow of AI development (SDD). He runs the blog 'Ci | Code and Impact' and Threads, sharing practical notes and process implementations on AI development, and shared 'AI Driven Development with /loop + Agent Team + SDD' at the Taipei Claude Code Meetup. Recently, he has further refined 'Agile Practices' in triathlons into Harness Engineering.Event InformationEvent VenueEvent ProcessRemindersAbout Code for TaiwanWe are Code for Taiwan, and what we do is popularize programming thinking, enabling everyone to have the ability to think and solve problems using programming.In this era of AI prevalence and the rapid development of no-code and low-code tools, although more people can quickly create some things, they do not truly understand what they are developing. We hope to change this phenomenon, allowing everyone engaging in programming development to possess the corresponding logical thinking and not just feel like they are playing a slot machine, taking chances.We hold monthly meetings irregularly to explore topics for learning programming thinking together. So whether you are a beginner engineer, a PM, or a designer looking to learn new knowledge, you can find companions here to learn and grow together. Just like our name, Code for Taiwan, our vision is to enable everyone in Taiwan to write good code!