"Vibe coding" is an informal term, mostly used in online programming communities, that refers to writing code in a relaxed, intuitive, or improvisational way rather than following a strict plan or methodology.

It’s often associated with:

Experimentation → typing out ideas, running them quickly, and adjusting on the fly.

Flow state → coding while listening to music, late at night, or just for fun without rigid structure.

Prioritizing creativity over rules → not worrying too much about best practices, efficiency, or readability at first—just "feeling out" the solution.

Playfulness → sometimes it means coding with minimal context, like making something cool without knowing exactly how it’ll end up.

Some people use “vibe coding” positively (as in getting into the zone and letting intuition guide you), while others use it humorously or critically (as in writing spaghetti code without much forethought).

Would you like me to give you some examples of how vibe coding looks in practice—like snippets that show the contrast between "structured coding" vs. "vibe coding"?