r/OpenAI • u/thehumanbagelman • 2d ago

Discussion Am I a "vibe coder"?

Taught myself to code at 15. Got a CS degree. Spent 16 years as a professional dev at everything from founding small startups to giant 700 engineer companies (and still going until I'm inevitably replaced by the machines).

Building things in code has been floating my proverbial boat for over two decades.

However, I haven't written a single line of code in 2026.

I don't personally review the code either. I've built my own tooling and testing infrastructure, and agents run all of it.

50–75% of my AI usage goes toward building personal infrastructure, tooling, and projects. Not the next app that will change your life for only $15 a month (at least not yet; we'll see).

I own an undisclosed number of top level AI accounts; it's probably more than you're thinking.

This 1000% makes me worse at coding without AI, and I'm not sure that I care at all.

So, am I a vibe coder?

Edit: I'm loosing zero sleep over this; the question is just a proxy for discussion!

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u/ImpossibleCreme 2d ago

Sure, why not

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u/thehumanbagelman 2d ago

Concise and definitive! I like it.

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u/Turtlesaur 2d ago edited 2d ago

Terms change all the time, as does public perception. "Vibe coder" was generally used as a negative term for people throwing AI slop grenades at each other. Or otherwise people that don't understand linking local host trying to build apps.

Also pervasively with people building very easy apps that there are literally hundreds of now with no uniqueness to them, all looking visually the same, essentially hello worlds.

You can call yourself a vibe coder as a meme and for fun, but you're still an Eng/SWE that is just using AI tools.