Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

Vibe Coding

// What it actually means

Building software by describing what you want to an AI model in plain language and accepting the code it writes, often without reading it closely. Andrej Karpathy coined the term in February 2025, describing it as giving in to the vibes and forgetting the code even exists.

// The diagnosis

The condition. Also the activity. Also, increasingly, the personality. It began as forgetting the code exists. It ends with forty repos, three subscriptions and a waitlist nobody is on. See: every page on this site.

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