Vibe Coding: Because Who Reads Code Anyway?

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Explore the whimsical world of 'vibe coding' where traditional coding norms bend under creativity and AI assistance, all while having a good chuckle!

What’s Vibe Coding?

It’s when you stop pretending you understand recursion at 3 AM and just describe your dream app to an AI like you’re ordering at Starbucks:

“Yeah, can I get a Python script with oat milk, extra async, no semicolons?”

The AI spits out something. You run it. It errors. You vibe harder. You fix it by asking again. Suddenly—you’ve built a startup MVP and still don’t know how for-loops work. 😅

Why Everyone’s Vibing With It

  • Junior devs: “Wait, I can look smart without StackOverflow open?”
  • Senior devs: “Finally, I can vibe instead of writing boilerplate CRUD for the 900th time.”
  • Managers: “If code vibes, project vibes. Ship it.” 🚀

The Dark Side

  • Your AI just wrote 500 lines of what looks like JavaScript… but it’s Python. 😳
  • Bugs become Pokémon. You don’t fix them—you just encounter them randomly and hope they faint.
  • Your resume now says ‘Skilled in vibes and debugging vibes.’ 😏

Pro Tips for Surviving Vibe Coding

  • Name your project “Final_v12_REAL_THIS_ONE” from the start. Trust me.
  • Write unit tests. Or don’t. Vibe. (But future-you will cry.)
  • If it works: deploy. If it doesn’t: vibe harder. 🎉

Will It Replace Real Coding?

Not really. But your grandkids might ask you:

“Grandpa, what’s a semicolon?” And you’ll just stare into the distance, remembering the day you merged AI-generated code straight into main. 👴💻

tl;dr

Vibe coding = whispering your dreams into an LLM and praying the compiler is merciful. It’s chaotic. It’s magical. It’s horrifying. It’s 2025.

So tell me: are you Team “I Read Every Line” or Team “Let It Cook”? 🍳