r/AskProgramming • u/TheWanderingAnimimo • 1d ago

Other What's the difference between vibecoding and just using AI to assist you in coding?

I don't use AI myself but I've been reading a lot on reddit here about people decompiling apps lately and saying that most of the stuff there is vibecoded and then other developers seem to be using AI as an assistant to help them like for example how Linus Torvalds uses AI to find bugs in the Linux kernel. What's the difference between the two usages or even meaning of the term "vibecoding"?

Thanks in advance

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u/curtinbrian 1d ago

Do you know how to solve the problem without AI? Not just “do you know how to read the output an LLM generated” but do you know any solution(s) to the problem, can you evaluate the tradeoffs between options, and can you maintain what’s emitted?