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

1 points by kaspermarstal ↗ HN
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?

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Marshferm
When a creative task is automated into repetition, it forms bureaucracy. You are a techno bureaucrat.
_wire_
"What should we call (adverbial-moniker) when it's (other-adverbial-moniker)?"

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(Mant crawls up building exterior like King Kong as people on street stare in amazement)

- What do you call that thing?!

- Bill.

verdverm
You're dealing with the real limitations of LLMs

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

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