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Vibe Code Your Life: The Rise of Low-Stakes, High-Speed Software Building

The Era of Vibe Coding: How Plain English Became the Hottest Programming Language

Mon, Jun 01 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Vibe coding is an AI-assisted software development practice where creators use natural language prompts to describe their desired applications, and large language models (LLMs) autonomously generate the source code. Coined in early 2025 by computer scientist Andrej Karpathy, the approach shifts the human role from manually writing syntax to acting as a director who oversees, evaluates, and iteratively refines AI-generated outputs. Continue reading

02Nov/25

AI’s Cronos Syndrome: Labs Versus App Developers

Nov. 2, 2025 /Mpelembe Media/ — An article from The Economist titled “OpenAI and Anthropic v app developers: tech’s Cronos syndrome,” examines the emerging competitive dynamic between large language model (LLM) providers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, and the specialised AI application developers that build their businesses atop these models. The article uses the metaphor of Cronos devouring his children to illustrate the fear that the powerful, highly-valued AI labs may eventually usurp the profits of the smaller app-makers like Cursor and Harvey. Continue reading