Last week, the "Hour of Code" event week opened for the eighth time, this year under a new name and fresh spirit: The Vibe Code Hour. During the week, hundreds of thousands of students joined the international initiative encouraging technological creativity and artificial intelligence, participating in thousands of events across hundreds of locations nationwide.
The initiative, led by Wix in collaboration with Code.org, is part of a global project designed to introduce children to the world of technology, creation, and innovation. Since the launch of the initiative in Israel, more than 1.5 million students from across the country have participated. In the past year alone, over 450,000 children took part in the various activities.
After two years focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) as the annual theme, this year the "Hour of Code" officially transforms into the Vibe Code Hour, embodying a new way of creating. Vibe Coding is a term coined by Andrei Karpathy, one of the founders of OpenAI and a leading figure in the AI world. The approach involves developing applications, websites, and digital systems through natural language conversation with AI, instead of writing code in traditional programming languages.
The Vibe Coding revolution emerged from the impressive progress of language models (LLMs) and represents a new stage in the evolution of development—from code-based systems, through the No/Low Code era, to the ability to create and develop using only human language. It is a revolution that makes development capabilities accessible to everyone, even without prior programming knowledge. Thanks to innovative tools, anyone can become a creator, builder, or tech entrepreneur, developing innovative products without writing a single line of code—even in Hebrew.
For the hundreds of thousands of students across the country, Wix launched a Hebrew website that centralizes activities, games, and new interactive content alongside a rich archive of past AI and coding activities. During the week, thousands of educational and experiential events will take place in schools, community centers, youth movements, and communities, with teachers, parents, and students eager to explore new ways to develop technological skills, creative thinking, and entrepreneurship in the AI era.
Nir Zohar and Yossi Hayut, founders of the Wix project, said: "The goal when we started the Hour of Code initiative eight years ago was to ensure that every child in Israel would have an equal opportunity to be part of the high-tech nation in the future. This year, we are taking a significant step forward by focusing on the world of Vibe Coding, where you don’t need to know how to code to create or launch a start-up - you just need to know how to think, imagine, and build. Once again, we are witnessing an impressive mobilization of schools, municipalities, social organizations, and high-tech companies joining us to expose an entire generation to new opportunities and teach them creativity and entrepreneurship in the AI era."