Andrej Karpathy stood before a crowd of velvet-vested investors at Sequoia Capital on Wednesday. He held the microphone with the practiced ease of a man who once led Tesla's AI dreams. Then he called the future "gross." The man who coined the term "vibe coding" in February 2025 has turned on his own creation. He told the room that AI-written code is "bloaty" and "brittle." For those who thought prompting was the new path to easy wealth, the architect of the trend just slammed the door. Karpathy now runs Eureka Labs, and his verdict was devastating for the amateur coder. He warned that the "vibe" is no substitute for a human who actually knows where the brackets go. This is a cold shower for the "Lovable" app crowd. The Swedish vibe coding platform recently admitted to a security error after user backlash on X. This desk notes that the "vibe" is increasingly just a synonym for "vulnerable." If the man who named the movement thinks your code is awkward, perhaps it is time to put the Negroni down and learn a legacy skill. Like typing. Physical details: velvet vests, a silver microphone, the glass-walled Sequoia office. Karpathy's words: "bloaty" and "brittle."