A Reddit user argues "vibecoding" carries two distinct meanings: throwing code at AI carelessly with no engineering judgment, versus using heavy AI assistance while still maintaining quality standards. Andrej Karpathy's own practice almost certainly fits the second definition, not the first. This semantic ambiguity fuels unnecessary arguments whenever the community debates AI-assisted development quality.
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