Vibe coding – Definition & Meaning

Definition of vibe coding

: a way of building software by describing what you want to an AI in plain language and accepting the code it writes, often without reading it closely, and fixing problems by asking again
- She shipped the landing page in an afternoon of vibe coding.
- Vibe coding is fine for prototypes, but review every line before it touches customer data.
: (vibe-code, verb) to build something this way
- I vibe-coded a little tool to rename my photos.

Origin & history

first known use2025

Coined by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy in a February 2025 post describing coding where you 'forget that the code even exists'. It spread worldwide within weeks.

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"Vibe coding." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/vibe-coding/. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.