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I don’t actually believe this. I think this is YC propaganda.

I don’t actually believe this. I think this is YC propaganda. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/a-quarter-of-startups-in-ycs-current-cohort-have-codebases-that-are-almost-entirely-ai-generated/

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The recent Cursor update, along with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, really seems to be leaning into the vibe coding narrative. I haven’t tested it long enough to say if it’s working, but my first impression is that the Cursor team is pretty ballsy for messing with a good product

Oh I agree that vibe coding is a thing and that things are trending toward code bases being 95% AI coded. However, I highly doubt the current batch in YC is already there.

I also don't believe it's true. I don’t think vibe coding is the direction we should be pushing for. It’s fine to use AI tools like Cursor, but the build process should still help the "product person" get a good understanding of the code. The more you understand, the easier it is to actually bring your product vision to life. It feels like vibe coding is just a marketing term to get more paying customers for tools like Cursor

As long as vibe coding helps people keep their jobs and pay the bills, it’s not that bad

Hot buzzwords. MCP + Vibe Coding are all the rage. But yeah, I totally agree.