Vibe Coding

Vibe Codingrefers to aslangterm coined by Open AIco-founder Andrej Karpathy to describe AI-dependantprogramming in which a person uses LLM assistants like Cursor AI to generate code instead of writing it themselves. This method of coding marks a shift from programmers manually coding and debugging software to programmers writing prompts and then testing and refining AI-generated source code. The term "vibe coding" gained traction in early 2025 after reports emerged that 25 percent of the Winter 2025 Y Combinator batch relied on 95 percent AI-generated code and college professors and software managers shared stories of dealing with young AI-reliant vibe coders.