What the hell is vibe coding?

How AI-assisted coding is taking over

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Taylor Quade
April 03, 2025

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In February 2025, Andrej Karpathy (co-founder of OpenAI) introduced a term that perfectly captures the way AI is reshaping software development: “vibe coding.”

He describes it like this:

“There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding", where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.”

Basically, Andrej says coding isn’t about memorizing syntax or manually debugging anymore. Thanks to LLMs like Cursor Composer, Lovable, and Replit, coding feels more like a conversation than a technical skill. Instead of writing every line from scratch, you just:

  1. Describe what you want

  2. Let AI generate the structure

  3. Fix issues by prompting or adjusting the output

  4. Keep iterating until it works

tldr;

Find a bug in your AI-coded app = Bad vibes

Explore and prompt enough with AI to get something that works = Good vibes

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Why is Vibecoding blowing up?

This is a huge shift in how people approach building. Here’s why it’s catching on so fast:

  • You can build at a speed like never before - You don’t have to spend a week to figure out a new frontend website builder platform, and then figure out which tool to use for your database or how to even do it. You’re flowing—pushing ideas from concept to reality in minutes, not weeks.

  • Building actually feels fun again - There’s no rigid structures, no gatekeeps, no “you need to learn X first”. Just building. It’s bringing creativity back into developing.

  • More people can participate - You don’t need deep technical knowledge to launch an app, automate a task, or experiment with an AI-generated game. If you can think it, you can prompt it.

  • The results are literally insane - People are shipping entire products in record time.

Cool stuff people are making

Everyone is vibe-coding to create insane apps, projects, SaaS’s, video games, and more. The community is running wild with it—

Prajwal breaks down his exact process of how he uses Lovable and Cursor to build an MVP 10x faster and automate 70% of the dev work:

We used Replit’s AI Agent to build an autonomous web-browsing bot for only $6.14, showcasing an alternative to OpenAI’s pricer option:

Pieter built a flight simulator game that went from $0 to $1 million ARR in just 17 days:

This shift is already reshaping how we think about development altogether. The idea that coding needs to be a rigid, structured skill is fading fast. Now, it’s about playing with ideas, following your intuition, and experiment with zero expectations.

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Creativity will always win

This “vibe-coding” isn’t just a new way to build—it’s a new way to think. It protizies creativity over correctness, iteration over perfection, and momentum over getting stuck. And—if AI can handle the mechanics of coding, what else does that free us up to do? Maybe the real takeaway of this all is that when all the barriers are gone, we can dream up some pretty cool shit.

We want to see your work!

The best thing about everyone coming together to build stuff that genuinely gets them excited is that you don’t have to build alone.

At MakerThrive, we’re creating a space where builders can share their projects, get feedback, and connect with others who are creating amazing things. Whether you’re experimenting with AI-generated apps, launching a new SaaS, or just having fun with LLMs, we want to see what you’re making!

Post your vibe-coded projects on MakerThrive and get feedback from a community of builders who get it 👇