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eloisantyesterday at 8:02 PM1 replyview on HN

The very definition of "vibe coding" is using AI to write software and not even look at the code it produces.


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tovejyesterday at 8:34 PM

People use two definitions.

There's this definition of LLM generation + "no thorough review or testing"

And there's the more normative one: just LLM generation.[1][2][3]

"Not even looking at it" is very difficult as part of a definition. What if you look at it once? Or just glance at it? Is it now no longer vibe coding? What if I read a diff every ten commits? Or look at the code when something breaks?

At which point is it no longer vibe coding according to this narrower definition?

[1] https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/vibe-co...

[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vibe%20coding

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_coding

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