Vibe Coding Debate

The cluster discusses 'vibe coding,' a humorous or criticized approach to programming involving intuitive, AI-assisted code generation without deep understanding, contrasted with traditional emphases on writing and understanding code oneself, featuring quotes like 'Talk is cheap, show me the code.'

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Sample Comments

hajrice May 11, 2011 View on HN

If only you could code on it...

shortrounddev2 Aug 22, 2025 View on HN

But I can write code faster than I can read it

bk Jun 7, 2008 View on HN

"Talk is cheap. Show me the code."

candiddevmike Jun 14, 2023 View on HN

Those who can, code; those who can't, tell people what to code.

dvh Jul 5, 2022 View on HN

"Talk is cheap, show me the code"

apwell23 Dec 10, 2023 View on HN

helping me arrive to final code faster by AI writing all my ideas and playing around . It makes hardest part easier.

zeristor Sep 2, 2022 View on HN

“Just go away and write the code”

douglasisshiny May 23, 2025 View on HN

Have something else write code for you to be a better programmer? Yeah.... no, that's not how it works

dougmwne Mar 21, 2023 View on HN

It can write code, but doesn’t seem very good at it and often refuses.

adammunich Jun 17, 2016 View on HN

The system's only as good as the code you write on it.