Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

YOLO Mode

// What it actually means

Informal name for running a coding agent with its permission prompts switched off, so it edits files and runs commands without asking first. Claude Code's version is a flag called --dangerously-skip-permissions.

// The diagnosis

You only live once, and the agent only asks once, and then never again. Perfectly sensible inside a sandbox. Thrilling everywhere else. The flag has the word "dangerously" in it. You typed it anyway. You typed it with pride.

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