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Today, Explained

Everyone’s vibe coding

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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AI code is here to stay. This episode was produced by Ariana Aspuru, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Andrea López-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Code generated by a prompt on Google AI studio. Photo by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today explains Sean Ramos from here with a confession.

0:04.0

When I think about AI, I mostly think about how long it's going to be before the machines come for my job.

0:10.0

The Washington Post has already launched an AI-generated news podcast, The Washington Post.

0:15.7

The good news it makes factual errors, so my job is safe for now.

0:18.5

But AI is already out here replacing jobs. And one of the

0:22.3

first jobs it appears to be replacing is ironically web developer, because everyone is vibe coding now.

0:29.6

If you're not familiar, vibe coding is writing code through conversation. You tell the AI software

0:35.1

what you want using your words, and it tries to build it using generative AI models.

0:40.9

Got to build a site for your small business? Vibeco. Got to sketch out some ideas for your tech behemoth?

0:46.4

Vibecode. And you've got your choice of services, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and something called lovable, which I'm going to use to build a website for your

0:54.6

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