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Vibe Coding
Building software primarily by prompting an AI in plain English rather than writing the code yourself.
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Vibe coding is the practice of building software by describing what you want in natural language and letting an AI agent generate, run and debug the code. Tools like Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, Claude Code and Replit have made this accessible to people with no formal development background. The "vibe" refers to the human guiding the high level direction while the AI handles syntax, libraries and boilerplate. Output ranges from a working prototype in an afternoon to production grade applications in a few weeks.
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- Veracode 2025 GenAI Code Security Reportveracode.com
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