Tech managers should try building some of their ideas with AI coding tools instead of only making plans and sending every request to programmers. That is the message from Abdul Osama (عبدول أسامة): learning to use these tools does not mean becoming a programmer or replacing the engineering team.
“I’m not saying you’ll become a programmer and replace programmers.” — Abdul Osama
Background: What tools does he mean?
Vibe coding is a way to build software or prototypes with AI assistance: describe what you want, then review and refine the result. Abdul names Manus, an AI assistant for carrying out tasks; Claude, an AI assistant; and Codex, an AI tool focused on coding tasks.
Why does hands-on experience matter?
Abdul argues that these tools let managers do some things they would previously have requested from a programmer and waited for. In his view, everyone needs to raise their capabilities, while programmers can focus more on engineering architecture. He points to a leader at Y Combinator, a startup accelerator, who works hands-on, publishes frameworks on GitHub, a code-hosting platform, and discusses his ideas on YouTube, a video platform.
“We all need to improve, expand our capabilities, and learn.” — Abdul Osama
In numbers
- 4–5 years: Abdul raises this as a possible timeframe in a warning about the career risks of not adapting. It is not a verified forecast.
What should you do next?
Try one of the tools he mentions on a small idea from your work, and review what it produces. The goal is to learn what you can do directly—and what still calls for deeper engineering expertise.
Claude
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