Vibe Coding was the Collins Dictionary 2025 'word' of the year. But what is it? Who coined the phrase? And what are the pitfalls of using vibe coding for digital creation?

In this bonus episode, we answer all those questions, and wonder if the former Chief Constable of West Midlands Police understands what AI is.

Further reading:

https://blog.tenzai.com/bad-vibes-comparing-the-secure-coding-capabilities-of-popular-coding-agents/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/beginner-vibe-coding-apps-cursor-replit-hands-on/

https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/02/a-new-worst-coder-has-entered-the-chat-vibe-coding-without-code-knowledge/

Academic paper from Massey University, NZ; Wuhan University, China; Polytechnique Montreal, Canada: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05239

The 70 30 problem explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZGJVAZwr0&t=271s

Andrej Kaparthy Vibe Coding Tweet: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383?lang=en

The paper that suggests vibe coding slows developers down, METR: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09089

An alternative viewpoint:

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/i-literally-just-said-vibe-coding-was-gone-then-cursor-2-0-dropped-e3a10695cbf3

Presenters: Professor David Reid and Stephanie Power

Recording, editing and mixing: Stephanie Power

Music and additional material: Matt Power

Married To The Machine: Living With AI, is a news podcast, currently in proof-of-concept stage. It is a non-commercial entity.

Credits: BT advert 'Ology' 1988, The IT Crowd 'The Internet Is Coming' Retort for Channel 4, 2013