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vibe coding

Millennial#internet

Meaning. Building software by telling an AI what you want in plain English and accepting the code it writes, often without fully understanding how that code works.

See it in a sentence
i vibe coded a budget app over the weekend and it mostly works

How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

  • Gen Z
    Haven't found the match yet.
  • Gen Alpha
    Haven't found the match yet.
  • Millennial · this one
    vibe coding
  • Gen X
    Haven't found the match yet.
  • Boomer
    Haven't found the match yet.
  • Plain English
    building software by telling an AI what you want in plain English and accepting the code it writes, often without fully understanding how that code works

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