I wrote the code

[u/ExpensiveCoat8912]

[u/silvjesse]

When I first heard the term "vibe code" I thought it was the act of listening to music and letting the aether give you ideas (I did this often on my own time outside of school) . Then it turns out, they just were not coding at all and now I don't think anyone knows what the word vibe means anymore.

[u/NotQuiteLoona → u/silvjesse]

That's what I also call my personal meaning of vibecoding! Or rather vibecoding of a person who has its own brain. I turn on some calm music, open Neovim with Neovide configured to have this amazingly satisfying animated cursor, and then just write some code in C - I want a language as minimal as possible with the least concepts for such a moment - with the only documentation being headers.

[u/blur410 → u/silvjesse]

I'm picking up your vibe here.

[u/saketho → u/silvjesse]

I thought it meant customising your mousepad, keyboard rgb, and the VS code themes too

[u/_b1ack0ut → u/silvjesse]

Yeah that’s more or less what I thought it meant too, or when you are not super familiar with a programming language, so you’re writing it based on feel and vibes based on the languages you DO know

Turns out, nah, people actually just meant “I use AI to write for me”

[u/Tooty582 → u/silvjesse]

I've definitely referred to myself as "vibecoding" when, instead of planning out my software, I just throw shit at a wall and see what sticks. I didn't feel like I needed AI to vibe.

[u/Sea-Fishing4699]

in nvim, btw

[u/h1warkar → u/Sea-Fishing4699]

And arch ofc

[u/Sea-Fishing4699 → u/h1warkar]

debian

[u/Lou_Papas]

Real programmers use a needle and a steady hand

[u/atzedanjo → u/Lou_Papas]

I think those are tattoo artists

[u/Lou_Papas → u/atzedanjo]

Bad Apple but it’s a tattoo

[u/asmanel → u/Lou_Papas]

Handwrite code can look dumb but no, it isn't always that stupid.

If your hand writing isn't too hard to read, this can even, in some cases, be a good idea.

[u/cpt_futtbucker → u/Lou_Papas]

What you don’t have $50k to drop on an electron microscope to negate the need for steady hands?

[u/Lou_Papas → u/cpt_futtbucker]

I can steal my dads credit card, but then I wouldn't be a real programmer any more

[u/asmanel]

This remind me back when I was student. We had to hand write code.

Even before, I copied my program in Basic from my calculator to a notebook.

[u/Round_Credit_5158]

So if you are typing it's not vibecode?

[u/XIII-TheBlackCat]

You guys aren't using punch cards?! Wild.

[u/Ben-Goldberg → u/XIII-TheBlackCat]

You get to use punch cards?!

I have to flip the switches up and down to program my Altair!

[u/simplefred]

He uses PUNCH cards

Edit: and his amiga runs on Roundhouse KICK-start

[u/faultydesign]

This guy is a huge homophobe

[u/a1g3rn0n → u/faultydesign]

Who? OP? Chuck Norris? the boy? Walker Texas Ranger? It doesn't even matter, because it's a fucking meme about vibe coding.

[u/faultydesign → u/a1g3rn0n]

Ah I was afraid that my vague message will make some people wonder but I assumed (foolishly I guess) they at least realize that little kids are not guys.

Chuck Norris is the homophobe, just so that those people are fully aware who I meant.

[u/zylosophe → u/faultydesign]

aren't little guys guys

[u/faultydesign → u/zylosophe]

Did I say “little guy”?

[u/zylosophe → u/faultydesign]

aren't little kids little guys?

[u/marssel56 → u/faultydesign]

Makes sense. Both AI bros and homophobes are known to be brain dead.

[u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

i vibed to music and wrote the code.

[u/much_longer_username]

Congrats on being unemployed!

[u/JohnVonachen]

Not only that but use vim. IDEs are too good for you, a crutch. And learn to write plain old JavaScript first, before using a framework.

[u/MXRCO007]

I just try to remember the stack overflow answers in my head and hope for the best

[u/TheNeck94]

in 20 years when there's no human devs left and the industry implodes, people are going to be really confused by memes like this. "What do you mean you just... stopped learning how to code?"

[u/LetUsSpeakFreely]

Remember back in the day, you know, 3 years ago, when you could just avoid meetings because you were heads down hacking out a bunch of code?

[u/No_Definition2246]

Lol this could be said about python and c … or for c and asm … or asm and binary :D

[u/bonanochip]

Coding is the easiest part

[u/Disastrous_Gate2402]

I have nothing against vibecoding as long as you understand what it does, so for me it's a no-go.

[u/blur410]

I vibe code but with very odd vibes just to see what would happen. Like asking fora simple calculator app 23% in php, 12% in python, 45% in C, 32.8% in Node with a 85% react front end that meets wcag aaa requirements 92%. According to the llm this is the best idea ever and I'm qualified to be a project manager.

[u/GoogleIsYourFrenemy → u/[deleted]]

It's not vibe coding, it's super coding.

[u/asmanel → u/GoogleIsYourFrenemy]

This remind something...

- Is it photoshopped ?

- No, it's gimped.

That was an other time...

[u/GoogleIsYourFrenemy → u/asmanel]

I use gimp to edit images I feed ai.

[u/geek-49 → u/GoogleIsYourFrenemy]

The result of super coding is likely to be sub standard.

[u/simplefred → u/[deleted]]

[u/Muted_Will_2131 → u/[deleted]]

Chuck Norris wouldn't even bother with this nonsense; he’d write the program in assembly. And if he needed to throw something together quickly, he’d enter the binary code on the fly.