In the past year, AI coding has gone from novelty to necessity. However, much of the conversation around AI coding focuses on vibe coding within relatively “de novo” use cases. There is no question that tools like Cursor and Windsurf are making software development accessible to everyone.
Most companies — and a large number of developers — don’t work in this environment. They work in the context of large, legacy codebases that can be millions or even billions of lines long. The cost of a mistake in these environments, whether a bug…
