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Ask HN: What should we call vibe coding when it's LLM-assisted problem solving?
When I help Claude Code solve a nasty bug it doesn't feel like "vibing" as in "I tell the model what I feel the website should look like". It feels like sniping as in "I tell the model how to adjust for wind, elevation, and range to hit my far away target".
The original Karpathy definition says it’s only “vibe coding” if you aren’t reading the code it produces. So if I am not vibe coding, what am I doing?
- Marshferm 11mo agoWhen a creative task is automated into repetition, it forms bureaucracy. You are a techno bureaucrat.
- kaspermarstal 11mo agoTechno bureaucrating is unironically a better term than vibe coding.
- _wire_ 11mo ago"What should we call (adverbial-moniker) when it's (other-adverbial-moniker)?" -- (Mant crawls up building exterior like King Kong as people on street stare in amazement) - What do you call that thing?! - Bill.
- kaspermarstal 11mo agoNaming things is hard for a reason. It shapes how we think and communicate. When I'm pointing an LLM at PostgreSQL internals vs. asking it to make a navbar prettier, I'm collaborating in fundamentally different ways. Having distinct terms helps us share ideas and set appropriate expectations.
- verdverm 11mo agoYou're dealing with the real limitations of LLMs Vibe coding is a false story that arose from the hype cycle
- brazukadev 11mo agoYou are vibecoding because you are not coding. If you don't like the idea that AI-assisted coding = vibecoding, don't vibecode.