Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of vibe coding.
Something not unlike vibecoding has already entered the marketplace. Google claimed in 2024 that A.I. wrote over 25 percent of all of the company’s code, and Microsoft recently reported similar numbers as it fired thousands of employees, including many software engineers.
2025 June 2, Leif Weatherby, “A.I. Is Coming For the Coders Who Made It”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 20251 more example
Not all of my vibecoding experiments have been successful. I've been struggling for weeks to build an "inbox autopilot" tool capable of responding to my emails automatically, in my writing style. I've encountered roadblocks when trying to integrate A.I. work flows into apps like Google Photos and iOS Voice Memos, which aren't designed to play well with third-party add-ons.
2025 February 27, “Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025
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vibecoding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibecoding
“vibecoding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vibecoding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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