Two publishers and three authors fail to understand what “vibe coding” means

May 2, 2025

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Side-by-side book covers for two books titled "Vibe Coding." The left cover by Gene Kim & Steve Yegge features colorful digital rain in rainbow hues with bold glowing text. The right cover by Addy Osmani, published by O'Reilly, has a minimalist white background with two sketch-style birds and a red "Early Release" badge.

Vibe coding does not mean “using AI tools to help write code”. It means “generating code with AI without caring about the code that is produced”. See Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding for my previous writing on this subject. This is a hill I am willing to die on. I fear it will be the death of me.

Source: Two publishers and three authors fail to understand what “vibe coding” means

I am entirely with Simon here and also think that ship has sailed.

I hereby suggest we rename it ‘yolo-coding’

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