What the top podcasts are saying about Vibe coding.
Vibe coding came up in 7 of 157 episodes (4%) in the four weeks to Nov 8, against 9% in the earlier weeks. A change this size could be chance, so we do not call it a trend.
Share of episodes, four weeks at a time
The 7 episodes behind the newest bar
- Inside Figma’s PM OS: skills, agents, and Auto XPHow I AI · week ending Nov 8 · said it twice
- Pro and Tell, The Gurmanator Joins, New Google Models, Open Weight Demand, Joe's MonkeysTBPN · week ending Nov 1 · said it 4 times
- Taking on ServiceNow: Coding Agents for the Rest of Us with Serval Co-Founder and CEO Jak…No Priors · week ending Nov 1 · said it twice
- Why Agents Love Supabase — with Paul Copplestone and Ant WilsonLatent Space · week ending Nov 1 · said it 4 times
- How Reddit’s designers build ultra-realistic prototypes with Figma + CursorHow I AI · week ending Nov 1 · said it twice
- Xbox Labs, Animatronic Birds, IoT Device Warfare, Reflection, Decart, CharacterAITBPN · week ending Oct 18 · said it twice
- Valar Atomics Sues Day One Ventures | Meta's Back to the AI Frontier | NVIDIA's $30B Refl…20VC with Harry Stebbings · week ending Oct 18 · said it twice
What the shows said about Vibe coding
Key takeaways from our write-ups that name it, newest first, no more than two from one show. Each links to the full write-up.
Goldman Sachs recently clamped down on non-technical workers and traders vibe coding their own software, citing direct risks to firm compliance and actual employee output.
Why Enterprise AI Is Stalling Outside Big Tech · TBPN · week ending Nov 8The shift toward vibe coding has cut raw developer coding time by 90% while blowing up code review volume by 600%.
Amiram Shachar Says Vibe Coding Creates a 600% Review Trap · TBPN · week ending Nov 1Treat cross-functional AI skills like a college minor: team members should vibe code and prototype, but only to sharpen their core major.
Why AI Won't Turn Your Team into Generic Builders · Lenny's Podcast · week ending Oct 11Slack introduces "jellyware" as malleable internal software that sits between rigid enterprise applications and uncontrolled vibe coding, easily modified on demand.
Quinn Slack on Jellyware and the End of Settings Screens · Latent Space · week ending Sep 13Vibe coding means prompting an agent and ignoring the implementation, whereas agent-accelerated development demands strict review of architecture and system design.
DHH on Why He Stopped Writing Code by Hand · Lex Fridman Podcast · week ending Aug 30The rise of AI-powered "vibe coding" allows for rapid, tailored software development that can be more cost-efficient and better suited to specific organizational needs than a patchwork of generic SaaS solutions.
AI-Built Bespoke Software: The $1M SaaS Replacement Strategy · All-In Podcast · week ending Jul 19The "SaaS apocalypse" might be overblown; Mallaby suggests specialized enterprise software could prove surprisingly resilient against AI's ability to "vibe code" generic solutions.
Mallaby: AI's 'China Shock' Will Trigger Bigger Political Backlash · The Tim Ferriss Show · week ending Jun 21The hosts labeled autonomous AI development as "vibe coding," warning that letting AI agents casually build complex software without human oversight is a recipe for disaster.
AI Agent Nukes Production DB: The Vibe Coding Trap for Founders · All-In Podcast · week ending May 3This shift to AI-driven, high-velocity content, which Claire Vo terms "vibe code," represents a new, highly effective form of marketing for brands seeking attention, prioritizing speed and cultural relevance over traditional approaches.
Memelord's AI: How Agents Win The Viral Attention Economy · How I AI · week ending May 3
Earliest mentions in our archive
The first episode from each show that said it, oldest first. The matched words are marked.
“…they talk about competition from Claude Code for software products is, "You're not just going to vibe code your X in a weekend." But obviously, something like SOC 2 is actually the kind of thing that…”
Compliance at scale and why TAM is a distraction with Christina Cacioppo of Vanta
“…a great product manager, product leader and rapid is one of the leading vibe coding tools alongside the likes of…”
Replit CEO: Why Coding Models are Plateauing & Why the SaaS Apocalypse is Justified | Amj…
“…of people in businesses who are trying to vibe code their way to success trying to push this stuff and we had an…”
OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide…
“…way worse. So, I started Memelord about four months before vibe coding started hitting.”
How a non-technical founder built a $100K ARR meme company | Jason Levin (Memelord CEO)
“…do that now I do have a general sort of maybe issue with vibe coding uh in the sense of I I don't feel like the quality…”
Why cultivating agency matters more than cultivating skills in the AI era | Max Schoening…
“…paperbased workflow and you're saying like let's go vibe code a software solution for it like or is it…”
Mike Isaac (NYT) Joins, Earnings Review, Beautiful Data Centers, Coatue is Land Maxxing
Most recent mentions
The newest episodes that count toward the chart, no more than two from one show.
“…capable of. Like if you try a little bit harder, I am sure that we can vibe code this prototype that I can show my…”
“…almost at the point of like just like I guess I got a vibe code my own smartarthome operating system.”
Pro and Tell, The Gurmanator Joins, New Google Models, Open Weight Demand, Joe's Monkeys
“…automate. Is it, you know, when you talk about vibe coding, I'm like,"Okay, but do you understand like security…”
Taking on ServiceNow: Coding Agents for the Rest of Us with Serval Co-Founder and CEO Jak…
“…cash and and in the early days of vibe coding it wasn't obvious to us that this is…”
Why Agents Love Supabase — with Paul Copplestone and Ant Wilson
“…year was in part a short-driven thesis that we would vibe code our way out of all these applications right the market…”
Valar Atomics Sues Day One Ventures | Meta's Back to the AI Frontier | NVIDIA's $30B Refl…
Which shows say it
| Show | Last four weeks | All weeks counted |
|---|---|---|
| TBPN | 2 | 16 |
| How I AI | 2 | 5 |
| Latent Space | 1 | 5 |
| 20VC with Harry Stebbings | 1 | 3 |
| No Priors | 1 | 1 |
| All-In Podcast | 0 | 4 |
| My First Million | 0 | 4 |
| Lenny's Podcast | 0 | 3 |
| Cheeky Pint | 0 | 2 |
| Dwarkesh Podcast | 0 | 1 |
| Lex Fridman Podcast | 0 | 1 |
| The Tim Ferriss Show | 0 | 1 |
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How we count. An episode counts when its transcript says “vibe coding” or “vibe code” at least twice; plurals count too. We count a shortened re-upload of an episode we already have only once, and we skip the sponsor reads and show promos we can spot. A model marks them in every transcript and our code checks each mark against the words; we also skip the lines around phrases like “brought to you by” and any passage a show reads word for word in three or more episodes. The share is the counted episodes divided by all episodes from the tech, business and science shows we cover in the same four weeks, so a busy month of releases does not raise it by itself. The mix of shows does change from month to month, and one daily show can move a number. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, and the week in progress is left out until it ends. The chart starts with the week of March 30, 2026, when our archive became steady. A few older episodes can still appear under the earliest mentions, and some weeks have gaps. Transcripts are automatic captions, so we also match the spellings they use. The counts cover only the shows we summarize. Download the counts (JSON) or CSV.