{
  "id": 13962243,
  "title": "My Year of Vibe Coding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/my-year-of-vibe-coding",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-12T13:11:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Atlantic",
    "slug": "the-atlantic",
    "url": "https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-programming-big-tech-regulations/688960/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "My Year of Vibe Coding recounts the author's experience with generative artificial intelligence in programming. After joking about creating an app for tracking barbecue side dish preferences, the author began using AI to write small programs. This newfound ease with AI programming enabled the author to develop a fully functional iPhone app, Beanslaw, which functioned as a searchable map of smoked-meat joints with sophisticated intelligence to filter out various barbecue cuisines. As the author became more accustomed to AI-assisted coding, they sought to explore its broader implications for computing culture. This exploration led them to draw parallels between early visions of computing's populist power, expressed by figures like Ted Nelson and Seymour Papert, and the current trajectory of AI-assisted coding. Despite the promise of reviving the idea of ordinary people creating software for themselves, the author argues that AI-assisted coding, so far, has largely continued a trend where privileged few decide what computers are for, and the rest of us fall in line.",
  "summary": "AI-assisted software development could have liberated programmers. Instead, it has become the latest way for Big Tech to confine us.",
  "key_points": [
    "Author's humorous start to AI coding for BBQ app",
    "Developed functional iPhone app \"Beanslaw\" with AI",
    "Explored AI's impact on computing culture and populism"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}