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When a programmer codes purely based on intuition, mood, or spontaneous inspiration rather than following strict plans or detailed requirements. Often involves listening to good music, being in the zone, and creating elegant or experimental code just because it feels right.
“Dude, it's 3 AM, you're still up?” “Yeah man, I'm vibe coding—just refactoring and seeing where the night takes me.”
Using artificial intelligence to code when you have no idea how to code
I’ve been vibe coding lately. I don’t understand a thing that’s being generated. I’m just going off vibes.
Telling AI to write code, typically while lacking actual programming knowledge or skill.
"Why did you drop out of your Computer Science degree?"
"We don't need to code anymore man, vibe coding is where it's at."
The use of an LLM (Large Language Model; commonly referred to as AI) to write code in lieu of actual programming skill.
Hey why did you quit college?
We don't need computer science degrees anymore, man, I'm just VIBE CODING now...
Vibe coding is the practice of relying heavily, even exclusively, on AI generated code for a programming project. Programming on vibes alone, as expressed to the AI in natural language. Term coined by Andrej Karpathy in an X post on Feb 2, 2025.
Bro never learned to code. All he has is vibe coding.
Describes a type of practice where someone utilizes AI assistant tools and premade script templates to write code. Usually they do not understand the code or know how to read it, but use a guess and check method to attempt to achieve their desired results. Older internet denizens might have called this type of person a 'script kiddie'. While there are many people who enjoy this as a hobby and professionally, it is often used for nefarious means and can be risky.
My cousin has spent the past week doing nothing but vibe coding trying to write an app to make him rich day trading on the Canadian stock market but all he has done so far is accidently give a social media hacker access to his porn and credit cards folder
The art of creating software while doing almost zero actual coding, by completely surrendering to AI tools and just going with the flow. Involves talking to LLMs like Cursor Composer instead of typing code, blindly accepting all suggestions, and copying error messages without reading them.
Characteristics include: letting your codebase grow beyond your comprehension, working around bugs instead of fixing them, asking for random changes until errors disappear, and the complete absence of reading diffs. Perfect for weekend projects where functionality matters more than understanding what the hell is actually happening under the hood.
"Dude, I built an entire e-commerce site yesterday through vibe coding. Just whispered 'make the button blue' into my mic and accepted whatever the AI wrote. No idea how any of it works but it's live lol."
"Why are you actually reading through that function? Just vibe code it, bro. Ask the AI to 'make it faster' and accept all."