"In October, Collins Dictionary granted it the annual award following its explosive rise to prominence over the last nine months. The practice, which involves using natural language prompts to generate code and speed up development processes, has been hailed as a great breakthrough in software development and has gained significant traction across the tech industry. Indeed, it's become a burgeoning industry."
""The bar to coding is now lower than it ever has been," Ng told attendees. "People that code, be it CEOs and marketers, recruiters, not just software engineers, will really get more done than ones that don't." Nigel Douglas, head of developer relations at Cloudsmith, agreed that this aspect of vibe coding has marked benefits. It's democratizing what was once an exclusive domain of expertise."
Vibe coding uses natural-language prompts and AI tools to generate code and accelerate development workflows, reducing manual hand-coding. The approach has risen rapidly in popularity and was named word of the year by Collins Dictionary after nine months of prominence. Startups like Cursor, Replit, and Lovable, along with major AI providers such as Anthropic and OpenAI, are investing in the space. Proponents say vibe coding removes tedious tasks, democratizes software creation, and enables non-developers to build applications. Some industry experts, however, express reservations about the practice despite its potential productivity and accessibility benefits.
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