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Vibe Coding

vibe-coding /vīb-kō-diNG/
noun
A programming methodology in which developers with Computer Science degrees outsource their jobs to AI while charging clients $200/hour for their "expertise." It involves typing vague descriptions into GitHub Copilot and then debugging the resulting code while pretending you understood what was happening all along. Karpath was right - coding using jazz method is instant FLOW.
"Dave spent three weeks vibe coding a basic inventory app, which is impressive considering it would have taken him two days if he'd just written it himself."
Most commonly observed in open-plan offices where practitioners dramatically frown at error messages they don't understand before asking the AI to fix its own mistakes. Success is measured not by code quality but by how convincingly one can explain in meetings that the obscure bugs were "interesting edge cases" rather than "I have no idea what this code actually does."
by robtyyz March 12, 2025
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Fuck Vibe

A fuck vibe is a noun similar to a red flag, but instead of describing an issue, it’s describing the energy of the issue.
Deriving from “bad fucking vibe”, a fuck vibe can be used to describe someone who has a weird energy to them without any discernible reason, or a situation that is very awkward or tense.
If it’s used to describe how someone feels, it’s like having a bad feeling about something, or feeling disgusted.

Please note: the context is important, saying someone has a fuck vibe can mean 2 different things.
“I walked into class on the first day and the professor had a fuck vibe. I checked the syllabus and dropped the class immediately.”

“The way that everyone at work was talking to me was giving me a fuck vibe, something was up.”
by DrainOfArc January 25, 2025
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Vibe

A word basic people use to say that they're chilling.
John yo wtf is wrong with Hitler
Emily nah he was just vibing
John he commit mass genocide
Emily yeah but he just really hits a vibe. ya know?
by BasicBitch103 May 22, 2020
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vibe backtesting

A casual approach to testing quant trading strategies using good-enough data, AI-generated code snippets, and gut feel for alpha. Less CFA rigor, more “let’s plug it into ChatGPT and see what 15-minute candles say.” Used early on to vibe-check ideas without investing in robust infrastructure or precise modeling.
Crypto Bro: “Yo I got this strategy that longs ETH whenever gas fees drop below median levels.”
Startup Quant: “Nice. You test it?”
Crypto Bro: “Yeah, did a little vibe backtesting on it — used some synthetic data and GPT to throw together a pandas loop. Looks promising.”
by quantduck6969 June 2, 2025
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Good Vibes

Good vibes means when rini and portwell are endgame.
Good vibes are when gicky breaks up because Gina cheated on Ricky
I felt good vibes watching rini I love you scene
by ZoeLynchCornett September 15, 2022
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vibe coding

Letting an AI agent make all the decisions about implementation and code execution given a light description of intent from a user
AI refused to write me more than 800 lines of code, got to this point only 1 hour of vibe coding. It is really killing the vibe...
by Ceserik March 14, 2025
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vibing

Person A: You've been in there for a while, are you okay?
Person B: Don't worry I'm fine, just vibing.
by mettametta June 23, 2021
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