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Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work? I propose "vibe engineering"! simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...

simonwillison.netVibe engineeringI feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …

Oliver Ash

@oliverjash.me

10 Oct 2025

Vibe coding seems like a deceitful marketing term. I suspect the reason it’s so catchy is because it evokes a new way of working, but it’s inaccurate. Maybe the reality (AI-assisted engineering) just isn’t as catchy of an idea.

Simon Willison

@simonwillison.net

It wasn't invented as a marketing term, but it was seized upon by marketers within weeks of it being coined. My notes on the origin here: simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/...

simonwillison.netNot all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks)Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …

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