Comment by simonw

I use "vibe coding" for when you prompt without even looking at the code - increasingly that means non-programmers are building code for themselves with zero understanding of how it actually works.

I call the act of using AI to help write code that you review, or managing a team of coding agents "AI-assisted programming", but that's not a snappy name at all. I've also skirted around the idea of calling it "vibe engineering" but I can't quite bring myself to commit to that: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/vibe-engineering/