Episode · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2025-07-16
Gergely Orosz & Steve Yegge: books mentioned on The Pragmatic Engineer (Jul 2025)
Amazon, Google and Vibe Coding with Steve Yegge
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Gergely Orosz discussed Vibe Coding by Gene Kim and others. Steve Yegge recommended Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Vibe Coding
Vibe Coding by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge is a book exploring the intersection of modern software development, artificial intelligence tools, and shifting industry practices.
Discussed“So your your new book is the title is vibe coding and it's it's a heated debate if you should even call it vibe coding because of definition so let's start with what what do you define as vibe coding.”
Where to get it
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an expansive exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.
Recommended“So, and and what's what's a what's a book recommendation uh that that you had outside of your your own book? Read Sapiens, man. Such an awesome book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The only advice I would give people I I would say look look because our book is 300 pages. How do you write 300 pages about vibe coding? Can it really be that hard? And the answer is Gan and I spent, you know, five months.”
“And Jean Kim, my amazing co-author, who's, you know, he's he's an author and researcher who I think probably knows everybody in the entire world who's everybody. And uh and he and I are both just unbelievably excited about vibe coding”