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

1 points by kaspermarstal 189 days ago | 6 comments

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?

brazukadev 186 days ago |

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

_wire_ 189 days ago |

"What should we call (adverbial-moniker) when it's (other-adverbial-moniker)?"

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

- What do you call that thing?!

- Bill.

kaspermarstal 189 days ago | |

Naming things is hard for a reason. It shapes how we think and communicate. When I'm pointing an LLM at PostgreSQL internals vs. asking it to make a navbar prettier, I'm collaborating in fundamentally different ways. Having distinct terms helps us share ideas and set appropriate expectations.

verdverm 189 days ago |

You're dealing with the real limitations of LLMs

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

Marshferm 189 days ago |

When a creative task is automated into repetition, it forms bureaucracy. You are a techno bureaucrat.

kaspermarstal 189 days ago | |

Techno bureaucrating is unironically a better term than vibe coding.