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What Vibe Coding Actually Is (And Why It's a Double-Edged Sword)

Vibe coding sounds like a joke until you realize it's already how a lot of real software is being built right now.

You describe the outcome you want, the AI writes the code, and it just works. That's the pitch. And honestly, it often delivers. But the same thing that makes it powerful is what makes it genuinely risky: you can ship things you don't fully understand at a speed that used to be impossible.

This Short breaks down what vibe coding actually means, where the term comes from, and why i