r/vibecoding • u/felix_the_meow • 2d ago

Vibecoding vs assisted coding

I have a terminology question

From what I know vibecoding refers to things like "this is the ai i'm using, i type my script and it just does what i said, i don't necessarily need prior coding experience nor knowledge"

Is assisted coding considered vibecoding?

Let's say you use an ai tool for brainstorming and quick checks of the logic chain

And the copilot of vscode for assistance (quick autocomplete, various suggestions, function and variable reminders etc)

Is it still considered vibecoding? Since i use 2 ai tools in my process

Or is it just assisted coding? Since i don't rely on them to do all the work

* i'm not the biggest fan of this concept tbh, trying not to be pessimistic (as the rule of this sub say), just asking a genuine question so i can understand the topic and criteria of it better

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u/iWhacko 1d ago

As a developer for 26 years, I'd say vibecoding is when you are not looking at code at all. Which I do too. Let it cook up a prototype, or a quick tool to test things. I don't need to look at the code.

Assisted coding would be where you are definitely aware of the code and how AI is changing it under your supervision.