Vibe coding

Vibe coding is a term used to describe coding through iterative prompting the AI with goals and tasks without necessarily knowing programming languages or writing precise syntax.

Current AI coding assistants can generate the code needed through the user simply communicating – by voice with certain software or by written prompts in plain English – the “vibe” of the program or feature. It marks a shift from manual coding line by line to AI-assisted generation. As AI expert Andrej Karpathy, who is said to have coined the term, described in 2023 “the hottest new programming language is English.”

Image: Andrej Karpathy on X. 03.02.2025

Source: Kevin Roose. 2025. Not a Coder: With A.I., Just Having and Idea Can Be Enough. The New York Times.