# Automatic programming - <antirez>

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## What Jamie wrote

I like this delineation a lot. 

> That said, if vibe coding is the process of producing software without much understanding of what is going on (which has a place, and democratizes software production, so it is totally ok with me), automatic programming is the process of producing software that attempts to be high quality and strictly following the producer's vision of the software (this vision is multi-level: can go from how to do, exactly, certain things, at a higher level, to stepping in and tell the AI how to write a certain function), with the help of AI assistance. Also a fundamental part of the process is, of course, \*what\* to do.

I’m going to start using the automatic programming term much more often. And I like the differentiation. Sometimes I really do vibe code, to explore, learn, see if something can be done. Automatic programming is a whole different mindset.

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