---
id: "prereq-vibe-coding"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["§ Intro"]
tags: ["software-engineering", "ai-jargon"]
related: ["concept-workslop"]
reason: "Required to comprehend the severity of the software engineering example provided."
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-edu-38-ai-workslop"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/why-people-create-ai-workslop-and-how-to-stop-it"
sourceTitle: "Why People Create AI “Workslop”—and How to Stop It"
---
# Vibe Coding

**Why it matters:** Required to comprehend the severity of the software-engineering example.

**Vibe coding** refers to a casual, AI-assisted, highly abstracted way of writing code without rigorous human oversight. The article mentions 'vibe coding' creating critical bugs in a codebase as a form of [[concept-workslop-d38]]; understanding the term explains why the resulting output is genuinely dangerous rather than merely sloppy.