Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Vibe coding isn’t what a lot of people seem to think it is.

Every decade or so, we see a seismic shift in the way software is built. First, it was the rise of IDEs, then Git, then CI/CD and now—welcome to the era of vibe coding. Vibe coding is more than just a ...