Popularized by the OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy early this year, “vibecoding” has enjoyed a rapid ascent into the tech lexicon, embraced by both hobbyists and Silicon Valley executives — and has broken out beyond the world of coders, too. The approach of cocreating with A.I. has spawned vibe marketing, vibe designing, vibe analytics and even just “vibe working,” which Microsoft frames as prompting A.I. for help creating slide decks and spreadsheets on the job.