vibe code
verb
variants
or less commonly vibecode
or vibe-code
vibe coded also vibecoded or vibe-coded; vibe coding also vibecoding or vibe-coding; vibe codes also vibecodes or vibe-codes
: to use an artificial intelligence system to generate computer code (see code entry 1 sense 5) in a given programming language : to perform vibe coding
One organizer showed participants how to vibe code a pet website …—
Shubhangi Goel
Shubhangi Goel… he vibe-coded a news aggregator that pulls updates from his preferred sources.—Melia Russell
Melia RussellOthers argued that telling kids to "vibe code" ignored the need for broader education and critical thinking skills.—Ananya Gairola
Ananya GairolaExamples of vibe code in a Sentence
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Enterprise customers could theoretically vibe code much of their own software, but very few are actually going to do so.
—Carl Fritjofsson, Fortune, 19 June 2026
Andrej Karpathy gave vibe coding its name in February 2025.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Any time a user of ChatGPT, Claude or another AI service builds a spreadsheet, generates an image or vibe codes an app through text prompts, a certain number of tokens are required to complete the task.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Apple’s Safari demo at WWDC showed how this same structural risk reaches beyond Siri: the browser will be able to generate custom extensions via vibe coding.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
Jain compares this transition to the way software development with AI has evolved, with companies like Anthropic moving from simple vibe coding to agentic workflows.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 21 May 2026
This powers two different ways of finding information with vibe coding that are similar but technically distinct.
—ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
In Silicon Valley, the software industry is being disrupted, as people with zero experience now vibe code from the comfort of their own homes.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
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Carl Fritjofsson, Fortune, 19 June 2026
Andrej Karpathy gave vibe coding its name in February 2025.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Any time a user of ChatGPT, Claude or another AI service builds a spreadsheet, generates an image or vibe codes an app through text prompts, a certain number of tokens are required to complete the task.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 June 2026
Apple’s Safari demo at WWDC showed how this same structural risk reaches beyond Siri: the browser will be able to generate custom extensions via vibe coding.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 9 June 2026
Jain compares this transition to the way software development with AI has evolved, with companies like Anthropic moving from simple vibe coding to agentic workflows.
—Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 21 May 2026
This powers two different ways of finding information with vibe coding that are similar but technically distinct.
—ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
In Silicon Valley, the software industry is being disrupted, as people with zero experience now vibe code from the comfort of their own homes.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
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“Vibe code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vibe%20code. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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