Tech Friday: What is Vibe-Coding? Who will lead in this area?
Posted By RichC on December 12, 2025
What is Vibe-coding … and an interesting CNBC segment on Google partnering with Replit.
Vibe-coding is an informal term for a newer style of software development in which the intent, flow, and natural language “vibe” of what a developer wants matters more than writing detailed, line-by-line code.
Leading companies and platforms
OpenAI
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Products: ChatGPT (GPT-4o, GPT-5 family), API
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Role: Primary driver of conversational coding
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Strength: Natural language → working code across many languages
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Why it matters: Chat-based iteration is the core vibe-coding loop
GitHub (Microsoft)
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Product: GitHub Copilot
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Role: Embedded AI coding assistant
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Strength: Context-aware suggestions inside real codebases
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Why it matters: Brings vibe-coding directly into professional IDE workflows
Anthropic
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Product: Claude
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Role: Strong in long-form reasoning and large codebases
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Strength: Understanding project-level intent and constraints
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Why it matters: Particularly effective for refactoring, architecture, and documentation-heavy work
Replit
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Product: Replit AI
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Role: End-to-end “idea to app” platform
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Strength: Build apps from prompts with minimal setup
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Why it matters: Lowers the barrier to coding for non-engineers, a key vibe-coding theme
Cursor
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Product: Cursor IDE
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Role: AI-first code editor
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Strength: Direct natural-language editing of files and functions
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Why it matters: Treats AI as the primary interface, not a plugin
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Products: Gemini, Code Assist
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Role: Competing foundation models and dev tools
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Strength: Strong integration with cloud infrastructure
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Why it matters: Brings vibe-coding concepts into enterprise tooling
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