Vibe Coding

Coined by Andrej Karpathy:Karpathy AI Ascent 2026

Definition

• Post-Dec 2025 shift: AI agents produce coherent code chunks flawlessly; users “vibe” by prompting iteratively.
• Raises coding floor for all (no edits needed).

Vs Agentic Engineering

• Vibe: Casual/exploratory (side projects).
• Agentic: Professional (quality bar, no vulns, >10x pros).

Links to Software 3.0 prompting.

From Ways-to-Use-AI-in-Daily-Life

• Tools: Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Lovable, Vault, Replit, Firebase Studio.
• Uses: Small automations (YouTube scraping), custom apps (Pomodoro/finance trackers), client demos.
• Beginner → advanced progression.