Use AI Like a Pro, Not a Vibe Coder

What separates using AI coding tools like a pro from doing it wrong? The wrong way is vibe coding your whole job: accept whatever the model outputs and ship it. That's how you end up with a codebase nobody understands, and companies are already getting burned by it. The professional way is treating AI like a very fast junior developer, someone you supervise, who gets a lot done but can't be implicitly trusted. Use Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code to move fast, but review everything, test ever