vibe coding, n.Trivia

Merriam-Webster ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠listed "vibe coding" as trending slang about a month after it was coined; Collins later named it Word of the Year 2025.

Y ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Combinator reported that a quarter of startups in its Winter 2025 batch had codebases that were 95% AI-generated.

Andrej ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Karpathy coined "vibe coding" in February 2025, describing a way of working where you "fully give in to the vibes" and "forget that the code even exists."