Noncoders are using AI to prompt their ideas into reality. They call it ‘vibe coding.’

The aspiring app developers of today no longer have to be fluent in coding. Instead, many are describing apps into existence using plain English. In a world increasingly fueled by the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence, user-friendly large language models like ChatGPT and Claude are now able to transform plain-language requests into working computer code, enabling novice programmers to cobble together programs that would otherwise be above their pay grade. It’s a phenomenon that’s been dubbed “vibe coding,” which OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, who is widely credited with coining...