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I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks "Vibe CLI" sounds like an unserious tool. I use Claude Code a lot and little of it is what I would consider Vibe Codin

I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks "Vibe CLI" sounds like an unserious tool. I use Claude Code a lot and little of it is what I would consider Vibe Coding.

jimmydoe 10mo ago
Maybe they are just trying to be funny.
- Eupolemos 10mo ago
  Their chat was called "Le Chat" - it's just their style. And while it may miss the HN crowd, one of the main selling-points of AI coding is the ease and playfulness.
  - sofixa 10mo ago
    It's still called "Le Chat" (which means The Cat in French), hence the occasional pun with a cat icon in various places on their website.
    - Eupolemos 10mo ago
      I didn't know about the cat! Thanks :)
klysm 10mo ago
Using LLM's to write code is inherently best for unserious work.
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- dwaltrip 10mo ago
  These are the cutting insights I come to HN for.
  - neevans 10mo ago
    these are just old senior devs not wanting to accept new changes in the industry.
    - reyqn 10mo ago
      These are the cutting insights I come to HN for.
- freakynit 10mo ago
  "Not reviewing generated code" is the problem. Not the LLM generated code.
tormeh 10mo ago
They're looking for free publicity. "This French company launched a tool that lets you 'vibe' an application into being. Programmers outraged!"
isodev 10mo ago
If you’re letting Claude write code you’re vibe coding
- andai 10mo ago
  So people have different definitions of the word, but originally Vibe Coding meant "don't even look at the code". If you're actually making sure it's legit, it's not vibe coding anymore. It's just... Backseat Coding? ;) There's a level below that I call Power Coding (like power armor) where you're using a very fast model interactively to make many very small edits. So you're still doing the conceptual work of programming, but outsourcing the plumbing (LLM handles details of syntax and stdlib).
  - brazukadev 10mo ago
    > If you're actually making sure it's legit, it's not vibe coding anymore. sorry to disappoint you but that is also been considered vibecoding. It is just not pejorative.
    - theLiminator 10mo ago
      Pretty sure Karpathy coined the term here: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 Imo, if you read the code, it's no longer vibecoding.
    - andai 10mo ago
      My meaning was that if we actually decide on definitions that make sense, for the specific things that different people are already doing, then there will be a lot less confusion on the matter!
  - HarHarVeryFunny 10mo ago
    Peer coding? Maybe common usage is shifting, but Karpathy's "vibe coding" was definitely meant to be a never look at the code, just feel the AI vibes thing.
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kilpikaarna 10mo ago
Agree, but that's just the term for any LLM-assisted development now. Even the Gemini 3 announcement page had some bit like "best model for vibe coding".

I'm sure I'm not the only one that thinks "Vibe CLI" sounds like an unserious tool. I use Claude Code a lot and little of it is what I would consider Vibe Coding.

jimmydoe 10mo ago

Maybe they are just trying to be funny.

Eupolemos 10mo ago
Their chat was called "Le Chat" - it's just their style. And while it may miss the HN crowd, one of the main selling-points of AI coding is the ease and playfulness.
- sofixa 10mo ago
  It's still called "Le Chat" (which means The Cat in French), hence the occasional pun with a cat icon in various places on their website.
  - Eupolemos 10mo ago
    I didn't know about the cat! Thanks :)

klysm 10mo ago

Using LLM's to write code is inherently best for unserious work.

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dwaltrip 10mo ago
These are the cutting insights I come to HN for.
- neevans 10mo ago
  these are just old senior devs not wanting to accept new changes in the industry.
  - reyqn 10mo ago
    These are the cutting insights I come to HN for.
freakynit 10mo ago
"Not reviewing generated code" is the problem. Not the LLM generated code.

tormeh 10mo ago

They're looking for free publicity. "This French company launched a tool that lets you 'vibe' an application into being. Programmers outraged!"

isodev 10mo ago

If you’re letting Claude write code you’re vibe coding

andai 10mo ago
So people have different definitions of the word, but originally Vibe Coding meant "don't even look at the code". If you're actually making sure it's legit, it's not vibe coding anymore. It's just... Backseat Coding? ;) There's a level below that I call Power Coding (like power armor) where you're using a very fast model interactively to make many very small edits. So you're still doing the conceptual work of programming, but outsourcing the plumbing (LLM handles details of syntax and stdlib).
- brazukadev 10mo ago
  > If you're actually making sure it's legit, it's not vibe coding anymore. sorry to disappoint you but that is also been considered vibecoding. It is just not pejorative.
  - theLiminator 10mo ago
    Pretty sure Karpathy coined the term here: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383 Imo, if you read the code, it's no longer vibecoding.
  - andai 10mo ago
    My meaning was that if we actually decide on definitions that make sense, for the specific things that different people are already doing, then there will be a lot less confusion on the matter!
- HarHarVeryFunny 10mo ago
  Peer coding? Maybe common usage is shifting, but Karpathy's "vibe coding" was definitely meant to be a never look at the code, just feel the AI vibes thing.
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kilpikaarna 10mo ago

Agree, but that's just the term for any LLM-assisted development now. Even the Gemini 3 announcement page had some bit like "best model for vibe coding".