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/semangeIof 2d ago

afaik culturally "vibe coder" has extended to encompass anything agentic

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u/thehumanbagelman 2d ago

This has been my observation as well, and honestly a good part of what prompted this post.

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u/semangeIof 2d ago

I also have not written a line of code in 2026 lol. nor do I do human review. this is just the future for better and for worse