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Why is vibe coding is called vibe coding?
Vibe coding is a methodology in software development where the traditional act of writing code gives way to conversational instructions and collaboration with a generative AI tool. Rather than outlining detailed specifications and handing them off to engineers, product managers, domain experts — or anyone with an idea — can describe what they want in plain language and let AI tools build software in real-time. The idea is less about automating engineering and more about shifting how intent is expressed, evaluated, and refined.
The term “vibe coding” was coined by AI researcher and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy in early 2025. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he wrote, “There’s a new kind of coding I call ‘vibe coding,’ where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.”
This captured an emerging shift in mindset: Why not trust the AI to do the mechanics, and focus instead on direction, feedback, flow, and, well, vibes? As the models underpinning Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or other tools become more capable, developers increasingly see programming less as line-by-line syntax and more as a dialogue with AI —
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