... vibe coding was going to be the future, as some claimed, I was prepared to be that grumpy developer yelling get off my lawn! to all the AI code generators. But then came the twist: I found out who coined vibe coding. When I learned it was Andrej Karpathy yes, the AI guru and former director of AI at Tesla I did a double take. Karpathy is known for deep technical expertise and meticulous work, not throwing buzzwords around lightly ... ... asked. Meme or Revolution? Finding the Middle Ground At first, I planted my flag firmly in the skeptic camp. I cracked my share of jokes about vibe coders hallucinating APIs and producing code that works only by cosmic coincidence