Clive Thompson interviewed more than 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and small start-ups. He is the author of "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World.

Claude Code Even Helped Organize My Files to Write This Story Does vibe coding live up to all the hype. As someone who's written a fair amount about how AI can turn anyone into a programmer, I decided I had to actually try it for myself.