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Vibe Coding

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Coined by Andrej Karpathy in 2025, vibe coding shifts the developer's job from writing code to reviewing, steering and testing AI-generated code. Mainstream by 2026: 84% of developers use AI coding tools, though only ~29...

Vibe Coding meaning

Building software by describing it to an AI model in natural language and iterating on the output.

What is Vibe Coding?

Coined by Andrej Karpathy in 2025, vibe coding shifts the developer's job from writing code to reviewing, steering and testing AI-generated code. Mainstream by 2026: 84% of developers use AI coding tools, though only ~29% fully trust the output.

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