When AI gives the right vibes

VIBE CODING MAKES PROGRAMMING MORE INTUITIVE & ACCESSIBLE

- SUDHIR CHOWDHARY

IMAGINE GIVING VOICE prompts to your computer in plain English and getting an app or software built in just a few minutes. This scenario is fast becoming a reality thanks to "vibe coding," the latest buzzword in tech circles that has caught the imagination of software developers in the Silicon Valley in San Francisco Bay Area of California, as well as in Bengaluru. First coined by OpenAI's cofounder Andrej Karpathy in February this year, vibe coding is a new AI-driven approach to software making that promises to accelerate projects and lower the barriers to creating software. It allows the coders focus on the creative aspects of development rather than getting bogged down in technical details. There are potential drawbacks too, but more on it later.

"Think of it like jamming with a friend: you can start with your idea, make changes, and iterate faster all while seeing your application come to life before your eyes," Kyle Daigle, global COO of GitHub told FE. "Vibe coding is the latest way for both developers and citizen coders to build apps with AI taking their natural language prompts and going from idea to running app without the need to manually edit the code itself. India's developers are already embracing this future," he said.