I'm confident that within a year or two it won't make sense to have a buzzword for "used an LLM to help me write code as a software dev" because that would be like having a buzzword for "searched Google and copied and pasted snippets from Stack Overflow" – that's just coding!
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Using LLM-Generated Code Without Review: Naming the Practice
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That's what I want it to mean, yes – I think it's really useful to have a name for "I got an LLM to write code that I just used without even reviewing it or caring about the code"
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Running Qwen3-Coder-Flash 30B on M2 MacBook Pro
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Here's the pelican riding a bicycle and the implementation of space invaders I got from running the 24.82GB 6bit MLX version of Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct – aka Qwen3-Coder-Flash – on my 64GB M2 MacBook Pro
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Running Qwen3 Coder on Mac with LM Studio and Open WebUI
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I wrote about the new Qwen3 Coder model here, including details on how I got it running on my Mac using LM Studio, Open WebUI, mlx-lm and my own LLM command-line tool https://
simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/31/qw
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Vibe Coding Confusion: The Importance of Reading Complete Context
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(Not reading the whole tweet is how we got into this confusion over the definition of vibe coding in the first place)
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Defining Vibe Coding: LLM Assistance Debate
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… and it looks like much of the pushback is from people who think "vibe coding" means ANY form of using LLMs to help write code, as opposed to the original definition of coding where you don't look at the code at all
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Agentic Coding vs Vibe Coding: Key Differences Explained
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Agentic coding and vibe coding are not the same thing – Steve's piece makes it clear that he's talking about the "don't even look at the code" definition of vibe coding
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Vibe Coding Definition: AI-Assisted Development Without Code Care
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That's why I still like the original vibe coding definition which didn't include all forms of AI-assisted development, just the version wheee you prompt without caring what code is produced at all
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Conscious coding requires attention to written code
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If you're asking how something works I don't think you are vibe coding any more – you're clearly paying attention to the code that has been written at that point
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LLM-Assisted Coding Quote Sparks Controversy and Misinterpretation
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This quote turned out to be way more controversial than I expected! I think a bunch of people instantly reacted to it as an argument against any form of LLM-assisted coding at all – without reading the (only slightly longer) piece the quote came from to understand the context