Today, Explained Everyone’s vibe coding
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Mar 19, 2026 
Clive Thompson, a journalist and author on coding culture, joins Lauren Goode, a Wired senior correspondent covering Silicon Valley. They dig into vibe coding, build an AI job-replacement checker live, and explore why AI coding tools spread so fast. They also tee up debates over security, technical debt, agent swarms, and a future of cheap, custom software.
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Sean Vibe Coded A Job Replacement Site
- Sean Rameswaram built a site in Lovable that predicts whether a job has been replaced by AI without writing code.
- When they entered journalist, it returned Yes in huge red type with Critical 82% risk, a 2025–2028 timeframe, and advice to pivot to investigative work.
Why Vibe Coding Spread So Fast
- Vibe coding took off as coders began treating AI like a collaborator that can redesign apps and generate software from natural-language prompts.
- Lauren Goode says the promise comes with technical debt and security risks, especially when autonomous coding agents get broad access to local machines or cloud data.
AI Coding Raises The Bar Instead Of Freeing Time
- AI coding tools are not creating more leisure at work; they are raising output expectations.
- Lauren Goode says Silicon Valley's 10x obsession turns coding agents into intern-like workers, so people are expected to supervise several at once and produce far more.