Glossary term
Glossary term
Agentic Systems
An iterative dialog between you and a generative AI model for the purpose of creating software. You issue a prompt describing some software. Then, the model uses that description to generate code. Then, you issue a new prompt to address the flaws in the previous prompt or in the generated code, and the model generates updated code. You two keep going back and forth until the generated software is good enough.
Conversation coding is essentially the original meaning of vibe coding.
Contrast with specificational coding.
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A developer at a SaaS startup uses conversational coding to scaffold a new microservice by describing the requirements rather than typing every line.
A data platform team's analyst uses conversational coding to translate plain-English questions about the warehouse into validated SQL.
A consultant uses conversational coding in client workshops to draft prototype dashboards in real time during requirement gathering.
Definition source: Google for Developers Machine Learning Glossary | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License