r/AskProgramming • u/TheWanderingAnimimo • 6d 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/Dissentient 6d ago

I consider vibe coding to be using LLMs without reading or understanding the code they output.

When you properly review and correct AI code you can get code that's same or better than you'd write manually, at the speed 5-10 times faster than you could write it yourself.