One only has to go read the original vibe coding thread[0] from ...ten months ago(!) to see the resistance and skepticism loud and clear. The very first comment couldn't be more loud about it.

It was possible to create things in gpt-3.5. The difference now is it aligns with the -taste- of discerning programmers, which has a little, but not everything, to do with technological capability.

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913909

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HarHarVeryFunny 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

"Look Ma, no hands!" vibe coding, as described by Karpathy, where you never look at the code being generated, was never a good idea, and still isn't. Some people are now misusing "vibe coding" to describe any use of LLMs for coding, but there is a world of difference between using LLMs in an intelligent considered way as part of the software development process, and taking a hit on the bong and "vibe coding" another "how many calories in this plate of food" app.

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mvkel 2 days ago | parent [-]

Karpathy himself has used "vibe coding" to describe "usage of LLMs for coding," so it's fair to say the definition has expanded.

https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/year-in-review-2025/

	▲	girvo a day ago \| parent [-]
		Which frankly makes it pretty useless. Describing how I use them at work as "vibe coding" in the same vein as a random redditor generating whatever on Replit is useless. It's a definition so wide as to have no explanatory power.

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zahlman 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> The difference now is it aligns with the -taste- of discerning programmers

This... doesn't match the field reports I've seen here, nor what I've seen from poking around the repos for AI-powered Show HN submissions.

	▲	mvkel 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		On the tabs vs spaces battleground there are no winners; we just need to lower our expectations :)