> There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding", where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists. It's possible because the LLMs (e.g. Cursor Composer w Sonnet) are getting too good. Also I just talk to Composer with SuperWhisper so I barely even touch the keyboard. I ask for the dumbest things like "decrease the padding on the sidebar by half" because I'm too lazy to find it. I "Accept All" always, I don't read the diffs anymore. When I get error messages I just copy paste them in with no comment, usually that fixes it. The code grows beyond my usual comprehension, I'd have to really read through it for a while. Sometimes the LLMs can't fix a bug so I just work around it or ask for random changes until it goes away. It's not too bad for throwaway weekend projects, but still quite amusing. I'm building a project or webapp, but it's not really coding - I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy paste stuff, and it mostly works.
https://xcancel.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383?lang...
However, if you go to /r/vibecoding (which has grown from 14k to 22k members in the last 3 weeks), it seems like any coding/programming you do, with assistance of AI, can be considered vibecoding there
Apparently, most people doing AI-assisted coding are developers, but there is also a rapidly-growing group of people that don't have a background in coding and are getting into it using AI
[1] https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_...
Just trying to grasp whether the "vibes" of the code seem right, instead of being meticulous and precise about the review
As long as the startups can get traction, grow quickly and/or generate money, it doesn't matter if they used AI to build it. That might attract investors even more... a super lean company that can go to market faster and gain a lot of ground, before needing big bucks for hiring a heavier development team... that sounds pretty good
