How Do We Stop Vibe Coding?

# Summary Since the popularity of Claude Code in late 2025, developers have rapidly adopted AI coding agents, with prominent figures like Andrej Karpathy reporting they haven't written code manually in months—a shift some compare to the arrival of compilers. While this represents a new era where code can be generated directly from intent rather than manually written, the industry is currently experiencing "vibe coding," characterized by unreliable, underspecified outputs that damage developers' understanding of solutions and create low-quality software. The article suggests that to move beyond this problematic phase, the field needs to develop better tools, standards, and methodologies similar to those that made traditional code development reliable.