Vibe coding
Building software by describing what you want in plain language and accepting whatever the AI writes, often without reading the code closely. Coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025.
“I vibe-coded the landing page over lunch, but I wouldn't ship it to a client without a review.”
See also
In the history of AI
One of the Essentials
Vibe coding is one of 20 Essential terms: the words you need to follow a news story or a work meeting about AI. It entered common use around 2025.