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

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

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Post by kaspermarstal »

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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Post by kaspermarstal »

_wire_ wrote: post #3

"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.

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.
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