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Vibe Coding Meaning
Building software by steering an AI with intent, screenshots, and increasingly specific prompts instead of writing every line by hand.
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What does Vibe Coding mean?
Building software by steering an AI with intent, screenshots, and increasingly specific prompts instead of writing every line by hand.
In plain English, this term is useful when people are talking about AI culture, model behavior, GPT-style writing, or the weird social layer forming around new AI tools.
Origin and usage
Popularized by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, then adopted by indie hackers and coding-agent users as a half-joke, half-workflow.
Commonly attributed to Andrej Karpathy's 2025 usage; now used broadly for AI-assisted coding by feel.
Examples
- I vibe coded the prototype, then spent Friday making it real.
- My app broke because the model's vibes changed after the last vendor update.