Fact · Dictation in your apps
Andrej Karpathy's original post described vibe coding as a new kind of coding where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and ... forget that the code even exists”
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks), Simon Willison, Simon Willison's Weblog, 2025, Quoted tweet, first paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- Karpathy's post is quoted in full by Simon Willison, in a March 2025 blog post. The description is Karpathy's own account of how he was working with AI coding tools.
- What it does not show
- The quote is Karpathy's informal description of his own workflow, not a formal definition. Willison notes that the term has since been used more broadly.