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Vibe coding
Last updated June 29, 2026 · by Tal Gerafi
Vibe coding is building software by prompting an AI in a loose, conversational way and accepting what it produces without a written spec — fast for prototypes, risky for production code you have to maintain.
Vibe coding is the loose, fast way to work with an AI: describe what you want, accept what comes back, nudge it, repeat — with no written spec and little structured review. The name captures the feel of it, and so does the risk.
How it works
You stay in a conversational loop with a coding agent, steering by reaction rather than plan. It's genuinely productive for exploration: prototypes, one-off scripts, throwaway experiments where being wrong is cheap and speed is everything.
Why it matters for B2B sites
The trouble starts when vibe coding meets code you have to maintain. Without a spec, wrong assumptions compound quietly until the result drifts from the goal — and nobody planned the check that would have caught it. For a client's production site, that's a poor trade. The disciplined alternative is spec-driven development: write the plan first, review it, then build. Vibe coding is a fine tool for the prototype stage and a poor one for the ship stage. Greeto's reasoning is in Building websites with Claude Code.