So, there’s this thing doing the rounds called vibe coding.
The idea? You use AI to “code” without really knowing how to code. You describe what you want, the machine gives it a go, and somehow (sometimes), it works.
It’s kind of like building a house out of IKEA bits, instructions optional, and the Allen key is whispering back to you in Python.
link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishatalagala/2025/03/30/what-is-vibe-coding-and-why-should-you-care/
🧃 Why are folks talking about it?
We’ve seen a real uptick in folks chatting about this, from devs on Hacker News, to Karpathy on X, to marketers in our inbox.
Some see it as the start of something brilliant. Others see it as a flaming bin fire of spaghetti code, just waiting to fall apart in production.
👀 From the dev corner:
“It’s like someone does 20% of the work and hands it off. You have to do the rest, with no map.”
“Great for prototypes. Terrifying for anything important.”
“Honestly, we might be 50 years away from this being safe.”
(You get the idea.)
💜 But also… the hope?
Penni (a lovely friend of TMM and proper techie) put it pretty perfectly:
“AI is brilliant if you know what you’re doing. But untrained folks making stuff with it? That’s risky.”
Which… yep. Feels about right.
The art of interview
link: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1jfwxxw/whats_up_with_vibe_coding/
👀 So, why does it matter for marketers?
Because the lines are blurring. Fast.
More of us are being handed tools that let us spin up landing pages, emails, even full-on websites, without needing a dev.
That’s pretty powerful.
But it also means we need to be an extra little bit careful about the things we build.
Not just whether they look good… but whether they work, whether they’re safe, and whether they’re fit for the folks we’re building for. Best always ask a pro to hop in for the big stuff 👍
link: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383?lang=en
🧩 What do we do with that?
Learn. Ask questions. Collaborate. Stay curious.
Not to become coders, but to become better builders, thinkers, and teammates.
We might not all need to “vibe code” ourselves.
Buuuut we do need to understand the vibes.
Would love to know what you think.
Sarah x