After Opus 5.5, it's time to retire 'vibe coding' — this is just how programming works now
alejandroll10 · x · 2026-09-27
Developer Ivan Fioravanti argues that with Claude Opus 5.5, the term "vibe coding" deserves retirement: driving code with natural language via frontier models is no longer a novelty but simply how programming works now. The take reflects AI coding going mainstream.
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