Марія Бровінська Work 3 February 2026, 15:21

Today, vibecoding celebrates its first anniversary. We remind you of what made it memorable and what made it a breakthrough technology that speeds up IT professionals' work and at the same time causes a lot of discussion.

Exactly one year ago, Andrey Karpaty first publicly formulated the term «vibecoding» — a method of programming in which the key role is played not by writing code manually, but by interacting with AI. This is an approach where the developer sets the direction, describes the idea in words, adjusts the «mood» of the solution, and a significant part of the code is generated by AI.

Over the past year, vibecoding has gone from a half-joking concept to a real practice used by indie developers, startups, and individual teams in large companies. For some, it’s a way to quickly assemble a prototype or pet project, for others, it’s a new level of abstraction in programming, where the engineer is more like an architect and editor than a «person who writes code line by line.»

What famous IT people say about vibecoding

Meanwhile, vibecoding is gaining traction in Silicon Valley, with the skill increasingly appearing in tech job postings. Visa, Reddit and other companies are looking to hire people with the skill to speed up product development.

How vibecoding is developing in Ukraine

Raiffeisen Bank is looking for a developer with experience in vibecoding. We investigated how many such vacancies there are on the Ukrainian IT market and which AI tools employers most often require knowledge of

In the USA, there is a real boom in the search for IT specialists with web coding experience. Vacancies from Visa, Reddit and other large IT companies require the relevant skill. So we decided to investigate how this is done on the Ukrainian IT market. To do this, we monitored hundreds of vacancies on jobs.dou for almost a month, and also asked companies whether they would require web coding experience for their candidates.

«Beginners learn to assemble something ‘on their knees’ and consider it the norm.» An experienced engineer explained the key dangers of vibecoding and why experience, structure, and code purity are already becoming currency

Senior Fullstack Product Engineer Denys Klymenko explained how dangerous the growing role of vibecoding is for IT professionals and products.

Vibecoding for business: pros, cons, pitfalls

Vibe coding can be a developer accelerator, but not a replacement. The more experienced the developer, the more noticeable the effect. The methodology is most beneficial where speed, experimentation, and reduction of routine are important, and quality is insured by familiar practices.

How vibecoding gives IT professionals the feeling that they can do more and think bigger. Insights from developers, a designer, a System Support Engineer, a PM, and a marketer

Programming with AI tools continues to conquer the world of information technology. It seems that anyone can write code today — you just need to master a tool that allows you to do so. The most common platforms that help those who do not know any programming language to code and significantly speed up the process for skilled IT professionals are Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, and others.

And although Ukrainian IT professionals have not yet encountered the use of vibecoding in interviews on a large scale, some companies are already looking for specialists with such skills. And Meta will allow vibecoding in interviews.

«The code doesn’t work. He redoes it several times over the course of a month, and then says ‘shitty task.’» The PMO revealed that one of the developers on the project writes all the code using AI and asked the community if this is normal or not.

PMO and Odoo engineer Anastasia Myroshnyk complained in Threads that she has a developer on her team who writes all the code using artificial intelligence. However, this does not add dynamics to the project — the code often does not work. She asked the community if it is normal for AI to do all the work of a programmer. Here is what IT professionals think about this.

TOP 10 AI tools for vibecoding that bring back the excitement of development

In 2025, coding is no longer limited to mechanical character typing. With the new wave of AI tools, the phenomenon of «vibecoding» has emerged — a state when code is written easily, intuitively, with a buzz. dev.ua has prepared a selection of the 10 best tools that help developers enter this state of flow.

«The speed you can get compared to programming yourself is just crazy.» 3 vibecoding tips from top software engineers

The trend of vibe coding, where programmers simply ask AI to perform certain tasks and do not delve into the actual code that the chatbot offers, is gaining momentum, and IT professionals have different (sometimes negative) opinions about this practice. However, a number of representatives of prominent tech companies believe that vibe coding can increase programmer efficiency. Here’s what they advise.