This is a piece I originally posted to my Instagram story in March 2025.

Vibe coding meme — "How'd I do it? I don't know either, I just fully surrendered myself to the vibes" Meme source: @iamkylebalmer

With vibe coding taking off, people have started arguing that developers now need to cultivate language skills for writing prompts rather than programming skills.

But language skills were always what mattered most for developers, so I can’t quite understand the fuss—as if this were some brand-new revelation.