Linux Power User / Tech Writer here.

I wrote this because the term “vibe coding” irritates me. This meme has taken on a weird, dismissive tone that doesn’t reflect what serious AI-assisted programming actually feels like.

The piece is about how this meme obscures a genuine shift in developer workflows, especially for the many people who are actually shipping production code with aid of LLMs.

Curious how this community sees the term. Is it helpful? Misleading? Harmless? Something else?