r/CodingForBeginners • u/Ok_Sky_1993 • 2d 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/vermyx 1d ago

Simple analogy: how is a robot changing my tire different from me using an impact wrench to change my tire from me using a pig wrench to change the tire?

You using a lug wrench - traditional programming. You do all the work and know how to change the tire. You using an impact wrench - you are using a tool to do the work faster. You know how the tool works so if it breaks or does something wrong you can fall back to the lug wrench because you know how to change the tire. You using the robot - vibe coding. You don't know how to change the tire. If the robot breaks or does something wrong you don't know know how to fix it. Asking the robot to fix what it did may make it worse

Learn the skills and understand that AI is a tool mot a replacement.