The Vibe Coding Manifesto

🌴 The Vibe Coding Manifesto

Humans were computers, humans designed computers, humans taught computers, computers taught humans, humans teach computers to teach computers to teach humans, and so on. Here we are. At this point it only seems to be the natural/unnatural evolution of our species. Or is it? It’s our current state. A frequency. A unique period of time in our evolution of technology, and our humanity. It is… A VIBE.

Vibe Coding is about how we harness our current technology and our current trajectory for humanity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to CREATE. No longer siloed to the people with the knowledge to learn the language of the machines. To give them commands. It is now a partnership. It is now available to almost anyone to create, anyone with an idea, the internet and a computer. To turn their ideas into realities. It’s not about spending hours understanding the language of the machines. It’s how we stay chill in the chaos of it all. How we find rhythm in the repetition. How we balance logic with our own innate intuition.

You have an idea. A thought. Something digital (or physical) you have always wanted to make. You become the creator.

You tell the computer. You give them guard rails. You design in the moment. Machine and Man working towards an idea.

You iterate. You do it again. You refine and define.

You fail. You pivot. You advance.

You iterate.

You vibe.

🔥 What Vibe Coding Stands For

The Origin of the Term “Vibe Coding”

The term “vibe coding” was coined by computer scientist Andrej Karpathy in February 2025. He described it as a method where developers “fully give in to the vibes” and embrace a more experimental mindset, often prioritizing speed and creativity over strict code correctness.

View Karpathy’s definition of vibe coding →

The Code Flows

In its simplest form, Vibe coding is an AI-assisted software development approach where users describe their project in plain language, and an AI generates the corresponding code. You don’t brute-force solutions. Or sometimes you do. Depends on the vibe. You find the path of least resistance to finished product. You don’t look under the hood. You look for the result. You respect the energy of the moment. You know when to go hard, and when to walk away.

Tools Should Feel Like Toys

If your stack kills your vibe, you’re in the wrong stack. You adapt, you pivot, you modify your approach. You think creatively to solve the problem. Vibe coding favors tools that are elegant, expressive, and fun to use. Even when they’re low-level. When the result is acquired the vibe-coder feels a sense of transcendance. “I am the creator”

Ship Fast Ship Resonantly

You don’t necessarily want your code to feel good to read. Good to revisit. Good to pass on. You want the result to speak for themselves. There may be opportunities, but you have honed in on you idea, and created. A mesh of human mind and computer mind. Code that makes other devs exhale and say, “Damn, this person was in the zone.”

Embrace the Ritual

Lava lamp? Lo-fi playlist? Midnight coding sessions in a robe until 5AM? Good. Rituals aren’t distractions. They’re portals. They drop you into flow. They turn the twilight into the daylight in what feels like a heartbeat. But if you were to look at where you were when the sun was setting to now where you are when the sun is rising, you feel the vibe. You feel the accomplishement. The rituals, they anchor the vibe.

🌌 The Unspoken Rule

When the vibe is off, you don’t push.

You either shut the laptop.

You take a walk.

You THINK. You recalibrate.

And when you are ready, you ride the wave back in.

To reach new heights.

🧘‍♂️ This Ain’t Lazy. It’s Legendary. It’s the Future.

This isn’t some feel-good productivity hack. It’s not to smite any developer that has come before. Or anyone who can speak the language of the machines. IT IS THE FUTURE. It is the new paradigm. It’s how we evolve. Any shift, especially a big one, will always bring out the naysayers, and the skeptics. Unforunately those will be the ones that will be left behind. The early adopters and believers will forge the future of all this. Whatever that may be.

✍️ Final Thought

At the end of the day, everyone’s process, experience, and strengths are different. And that’s the beauty of it. Play to your strengths. Let AI help fill in the gaps.

Maybe you chat with AI to build code from scratch. Maybe you use it to learn, to debug, to refine, or to push through tricky parts. However you flow, it’s all a VIBE.

Design a process that works for you. Trust it. Ride it.

In the world of Vibe Coding, the man isn’t your boss. Your pulse is. You are the heartbeat.

So light a candle. Burn one.

Crack a beer. Drink Water.

Fire up the editor.

Create something no one’s seen before. Create your dreams become realities.

The code abides.

See also

Stay tuned for more on Vibe Coding practices, visuals, and tools. And if you’re vibing with this — share it, remix it, or build something beautiful tonight.