Andrej Karpathy coins "vibe coding" on X
Coined vibe coding on X — describing it as a new kind of coding where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials and forget that the code even exists
Why it matters
The word that defined software discourse in 2025. Collins Dictionary named it its 2025 Word of the Year and added it to the dictionary
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Pressthenewstack.iohttps://thenewstack.io/vibe-coding-is-passe/Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week