Vibe coding is having its moment
Marketplace Tech
American Public Media
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Vibe coding is having a moment.
The buzzy new phrase was coined earlier this year by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy to describe his process of programming by prompting AI. It's been embraced by tech professionals and amateurs alike.
Google, Microsoft and Apple have or are developing their own AI-assisted coding platforms while vibe coding startups like Cursor are raking in funding.
Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino recently spoke with Clarence Huang, vice president of technology at the financial software company Intuit and an early adopter of vibe coding, about how the practice has changed how he approaches building software.
“What is vibe coding, exactly?” - from MIT Technology Review
“New ‘Slopsquatting’ Threat Emerges from AI-Generated Code Hallucinations” - from HackRead
“Three-minute explainer on… slopsquatting” - from Raconteur
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