What Does This Mean?
Writing software by conversationally prompting an AI coding assistant toward a working result rather than manually authoring or fully understanding the underlying code.
EXPLAINER
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EXPLAINER
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REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"He didn't read a single line of the generated code, just kept prompting until the tests turned green. Full vibe coding."
LORE & ORIGIN
Popularized in early 2025 after a prominent AI researcher described the practice of 'giving in to the vibes' and accepting AI-generated code without close review, the term spread rapidly through developer social media as both a genuine workflow description and a target of debate over code quality and engineering rigor.
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