Comment by baobun
6 days ago
Sorry to snipe but: You don't feel at least a little shared responsibility in evangelizing "vibe-coding"? Is that currently blazing hype a force for good? I think it wouldn't be all over social- and mainstream media at this point without your blog post(s).
I doubt I had much influence at all on the spread of vibe-coding.
I stand by what I wrote about it though: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/
I think it's a net positive for regular humans to be able to build tools for their own personal use, and I think my section on "when is it OK to vibe code?" (only for low stakes projects, treat with extreme caution if private data or security is involved) is something I wish people had paid more attention to! https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/#when-is-i...