Minecraft creator Notch admits vibe coding is fun after all
Markus Persson's reversal follows months of criticism, a hiring struggle and experiments using Claude for development work.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: X
Why it matters
Persson's reversal shows how AI coding is winning over experienced holdouts through bounded, verifiable tasks, while leaving code ownership and maintainability unresolved.
Markus Persson (@notch), the programmer who created Minecraft, said on Tuesday that he is enjoying vibe coding, completing a public reversal that began two months ago after years of skepticism toward AI-generated software.
"I will admit, I am enjoying vibe coding," Persson wrote on X on September 22nd. "I may have been a teensy tiny bit wrong."…
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