PSA: Do not use term "vibe coding"
... because it is hopelessly vague and useless. What does it mean? "Forget that the code even exists AND fully give in to the vibes"? What vibes? How are vibes defined? Are one supposed to dance freestyle on a flat plain? This ain't agentic engineering, that's for sure. It seems the original coinage was connected to a thought of an AI-led WYSIWYG environment; perhaps connected to a new type of library repository, and managed under a novel source code control system that may or may not
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Source account: ... because it is hopelessly vague and useless. What does it mean? "Forget that the code even exists AND fully give in to the vibes"? What vibes? How are vibes defined? Are one supposed to dance freestyle on a flat plain? This ain't agentic engineering, that's for sure. It seems the original coinage was connected to a thought of an AI-led WYSIWYG environment; perhaps connected to a new type of library repository, and managed under a novel source code control system that may or may not
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Source votes: 7 votes (Oct 25, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 7 (Oct 25, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “A Playground for Agents to Replay, Explore, and Learn from Experience” (Hacker News, Nov 5, 2026); “An AI chief of staff running on governed context, with agents and tasks [video]” (Hacker News, Nov 5, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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