Vibe coding is a tool, not a shortcut. Most people are using it wrong.

Everybody seems to be either celebrating vibe coding as the end of programming or brushing it off as something for people who can’t code. Honestly, both groups are missing the point. Let’s get this out of the way. Vibe coding; where you type out a description in plain English and let AI turn it into code, is actually pretty powerful. Over the past week, I've built a Portfolio website and put together a small CLI tool this way. But I’ve also seen the AI crank out code so confused and messy, sorti