https://vibecodejax.com/News Vibe coding news from VibeCode JAX in Jacksonville, Florida: program announcements, industry milestones, and press mentions. en-us Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://vibecodejax.com/News/2026/04/business-insider-dad-daughter https://vibecodejax.com/News/2026/04/business-insider-dad-daughter Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT PRESS Business Insider profiles a parent who began vibe coding with his 8-year-old daughter, arguing that starting kids early on AI-assisted building is becoming a competitive advantage in the next generation's education. https://vibecodejax.com/News/2026/04/bolles-summer-camps https://vibecodejax.com/News/2026/04/bolles-summer-camps Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT ANNOUNCEMENT One-week sessions for grades 6–10 run May 26 through July 31. Founder Fred Marks is bringing vibe coding to The Bolles School's San Jose Campus this summer. Campers in grades 6–10 will spend half-day sessions (9am–12pm, Monday through Friday) building real games and apps using AI. No coding experience required. Sessions are $425 per week and registration is handled directly through the Bolles Summer Programs office. https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/12/collins-word-of-the-year https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/12/collins-word-of-the-year Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT INDUSTRY The phrase Andrej Karpathy popularized has officially entered the lexicon. Collins Dictionary editors named 'vibe coding' the 2025 Word of the Year, citing the explosive rise of AI-assisted software building over the past twelve months. The choice cements vibe coding as a mainstream practice — exactly the wave VibeCode JAX has been riding in Jacksonville since day one. https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/06/forbes-9-billion-ai-company https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/06/forbes-9-billion-ai-company Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT PRESS Forbes goes inside the $9 billion AI company that's reshaping how software gets built, spotlighting the tools and teams driving the vibe coding movement into the mainstream. https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/02/karpathy-coins-vibe-coding https://vibecodejax.com/News/2025/02/karpathy-coins-vibe-coding Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT ORIGIN A late-night X post from the OpenAI co-founder names what we'd all been doing. On February 2, 2025, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy described a new way of writing software: 'fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists.' The phrase 'vibe coding' was born — and a movement got its name. Twelve months later, VibeCode JAX would launch in Jacksonville to bring it to families across the First Coast.