Michael Truell, the 25-year-old CEO and cofounder of Cursor, is drawing a sharp distinction between careful AI-assisted development and the more hands-off approach commonly known as “vibe coding.” Speaking at a conference, Truell described vibe coding as a method where users “close your eyes and you don’t look at the code at all and you just ask the AI to go build the thing for you.” He compared it to constructing a house by putting up four walls and a roof without…

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