Ask HN: What should we call vibe coding when it's LLM-assisted problem solving?

1•kaspermarstal•2mo ago

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?

Comments

Marshferm•2mo ago

When a creative task is automated into repetition, it forms bureaucracy. You are a techno bureaucrat.

kaspermarstal•2mo ago

Techno bureaucrating is unironically a better term than vibe coding.

_wire_•2mo 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•2mo ago

Naming 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•2mo ago

You're dealing with the real limitations of LLMs

Vibe coding is a false story that arose from the hype cycle

brazukadev•2mo ago

You are vibecoding because you are not coding. If you don't like the idea that AI-assisted coding = vibecoding, don't vibecode.

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