Kyle Harrison
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The Way of Code

The Way of Code: The Timeless Art of Vibe Coding
Author
Rick Rubin
Published
2025
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: Rick Rubin’s Tao Te Ching for programming in the age of models — 81 short chapters, made with Anthropic, each paired with generative art the reader can alter by prompting.

Where I saw it: Shared by @jack on X (May 23, 2025) as a bare link, no comment. Not a print book: it is a free interactive web publication at thewayofcode.com, 81 chapters, published 2025 with Anthropic.

Connections

  • Rick Rubin — the author.
  • Artificial Intelligence — the practice the book is a philosophy of.
  • Creativity — Rubin’s actual subject, ported from music to code.
  • Jack Dorsey — who shared it.