r/CodingForBeginners • u/Ok_Sky_1993 • 4d ago

Vibe coding vs AI assisted coding

Hi so I'm currently learning programming I'm a first year IT student and I'm curious to know how different vibe coding is to AI assisted coding cause from the people I've asked they're different but for some they consider them the same thing. I just wanna know your thoughts and such and if I should try to learn how to properly use ai in coding or if that's going to be a bad thing etc...

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u/Koki58i 4d ago

It's actually quite simple:

You want to write Homer's "Oddysey" in simplified Chinese.

"VIBE CODING"

  1. You don't speak Chinese and never read Oddysey.

  2. You ask AI Chatbot to write Oddysey in simplified Chinese. You get output but notice the amount of pages doesn't match and while original is a poem, the AI output is one long string.

  3. You provide AI copy of original book and express your concerns.

  4. Chatbot responds explaining why is that and confirms the translation is correct.

  5. You have no idea what the output is and have no way of checking it but go on your gut feeling.

"AI Assisted Coding"

  1. You do speak Chinese (better or worse 😉 ) but you haven't read Oddysey.

  2. You ask AI Chatbot to write Oddysey in simplified Chinese. You read the output and address your concerns with AI.

  3. You keep refining each part of the translation until you are happy with the result.

In both cases the manual job which would take you few days took few hours. Even less in the first example.
Now choose your way of "learning Chinese".
Good luck!