Vibe Coding – Just a Buzzword or the Future of Software Development?

We’ve seen the rise of low-code/no-code platforms that gave birth to Citizen Developers—people with little to no programming background building functional apps with visual interfaces. That was a paradigm shift.

Now, we’re entering a new era—ushered in not by platforms, but by intelligent code assistants powered by LLMs (think GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.). At the heart of this movement is a term that’s quickly gaining traction: Vibe Coding.

So, what is Vibe Coding? Coined recently by Andrej Karpathy in a post on X, he wrote:

"There's a new kind of coding I call ‘vibe coding’, where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists..."

It’s not about syntax. Not even about code logic. It’s about describing what you want via prompts, letting the AI figure it out, and responding to the output. You iterate based on how it feels and looks. You vibe.

Instead of “Conversation to Code” (which now feels dated), this is “Intent to Impact” with minimal friction.

✅ Want to build an app? Just say it or type a few lines. What once took hours or days now takes minutes. You don’t even say “I built it”—you say “I vibe coded it this weekend.” Sounds cooler, doesn’t it?

While the term may have started as internet lingo, it reflects something very real. LLM powered tools are getting so good that software development is becoming a creative orchestration process, not just engineering.

That brings us to a few important questions:

• Will vibe-coded projects make it to production?
• Are we seeing a new generation of developers who simply orchestrate AI, rather than write code?
• Will “Vibe Coder” be a formal job title or resume skill in the near future?

My take: It’s time to reimagine the SDLC. Let’s introduce Vibe Coding as a formal early phase, especially in rapid prototyping and business validation. More and more Startups (and even some enterprises) are reporting that a significant portion of their code is already AI-generated.

But there’s a nuance: These teams still understand the code. A true vibe coder might not even care to look under the hood since they’re focused on the outcome, the experience, and the interface.

For me, vibe coding is a perfect way to build mini weekend projects, explore ideas, and move from thought to product faster than ever before.

We’re witnessing the rise of the Software Orchestrator, not just the software developer. Will vibe coding become a mainstream term? Time will tell. But the vibes are strong...

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