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.