Turn Ideas Into Products in Minutes With ✨Vibe Coding✨
You don't need any actual coding skills. Just a vision of what you want to create.
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When I first got into startups 15 years ago, building new software products was hard.
If you had a startup idea, you either needed to know how to code or you had to find a technical cofounder: a developer with the technical skills to build your product idea and who was willing to do it for equity. In other words, they would work for free until your startup was successful.
Since most startups fail, and most developers know that, it was pretty hard to find a technical cofounder.
Even when you could find a technical cofounder, it took time to build a product that was good enough to launch so that you could validate your product.
And while recent advances in no-code tools have made it possible to launch without a technical founder, they still require a lot of work and you’re mostly limited to templates they support.
Vibe Coding Just Changed Everything.
Now, for the first time, anyone can create a unique software product in a matter of hours, sometimes even minutes.
We're in a golden window of opportunity, when early adopters of vibe coding can stake out a lot of digital land before everyone else catches on. A brief moment where vibe coding is a superpower few possess.
Vibe coding is the great equalizer, allowing small teams and individuals to achieve the scale of large enterprises. While others are still debating, you can build the next generation of AI-powered software products.
Become a digital alchemist, turning ideas into reality with the power of AI coding.
What Is Vibe Coding?
Vibe coding involves describing the desired functionality of a program in natural language rather than writing traditional code. The term "vibe coding" highlights a more intuitive and less rigid approach to development. It signifies a willingness to let AI handle the technical details while you focus on higher-level concepts and ideas.
In other words, it’s perfect for marketers, solopreneurs, small teams, and anyone who needs to prioritize speed over high precision.
The term “vibe coding” blew up overnight after this tweet went viral.
However, vibe coding only became possible in the last few months after rapid improvement in the ability of LLMs to turn natural language into functional code that matches what the prompter is looking for.
What Are the Main Benefits of Using Vibe Coding?
Vibe coding has the potential to democratize software development, making it accessible to individuals with less formal coding training. It can also accelerate development cycles and increase productivity for people who have coding skills.
With vibe coding, you can create web products faster and cheaper.
There is less need for extensive manual coding and debugging.
Anyone can vibe code, even if you don’t have any coding skills.
You know that idea you’ve been sitting on forever? Now, you can work with AI to build it in minutes to hours, basically for free.
Or maybe you have a bunch of ideas you’ve been sitting on. The cost of vibe coding new software products is so low that you can build prototypes for all of them and see what sticks.
What Are the Limitations of Vibe Coding?
AI hasn’t completely replaced developers yet. There are real limits to vibe coding that you need to be aware of.
Security and Privacy Risks: AI-generated code can introduce security vulnerabilities if not thoroughly reviewed. Don’t create products in high-risk or sensitive industries using vibe coding (e.g., don’t create a platform for therapists to meet with their patients virtually and store their patient notes).
Complexity and Scalability: AI-generated code may lack the architectural foresight that experienced human programmers provide, leading to inefficiencies and difficulties in scaling. If your product gets big or complex enough, you’ll eventually need to hire an experienced programmer to take over.
Debugging and Error Handling: While AI can generate code, it often struggles with complex debugging. Identifying and fixing intricate errors, especially in large-scale applications, often requires human expertise, so you may have to make some compromises with how your product is built.
Although AI-generated code has some limits, you don’t need to let these hold you back from trying vibe coding. In the post below, a software engineer shares vibe coding best practices for reducing risk, especially as a non-technical person.
You don’t need the first version of your product to be perfect. It just needs to be good enough to launch. If you get traction and your idea proves successful, you can start working with a human programmer to improve your product as needed.
Plus, AI-generated code has improved dramatically in the last six months, and we have every reason to believe it will continue to improve rapidly.
Just look at the progression of images generated using 2D diffusion models shared by Andrew Chen. The improve from V1 to V5 is shocking. It will be the same with AI coding.
If you start now, you’ll learn how to prompt AI to build what you want, and you’ll already be an expert by the time AI coding tools get really good.
Vibe Coding Tools
There are several AI coding tools on the market already that you can use to vibe code:
Replit: The best option for most.
V0: Best option for simple products with beautiful UIs.
Cursor: Best for developers or people who want to learn coding.
Tempo: Best for developers who want to build React apps faster.
Windsurf: Best for technical founders who want to write real code—without the boring parts.
Bolt: Best for designers who want to build from a Figma file.
Lovable: Easiest for simple projects and tech newbies.
I currently recommend Replit for most people.
Replit offers the best of all worlds if you're not a developer. You can create and deploy products entirely from natural language processing (aka prompting) without touching any code. But you can still access the code if you want to. This means you can bring in human engineers to solve specific problems or deal with increased complexity in the future if you need to.
Aspiring developers should use Cursor.
Cursor was created as a copilot for traditional coding. It can provide a lot of assistance, but you’re still the lead developer on the project. While Cursor can write code for you, you’ll need to learn how to host your products so you can launch them to the public.
What Are Some Real-World Applications of Vibe Coding?
Vibe coding works really well for several types of projects:
Mobile apps that can be deployed to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Custom landing pages, including waitlist pages.
Simple web tools for generating traffic and leads, like this ad spend calculator built using Replit and Claude.1
Simple web products like directories and job boards.
Affiliate marketing websites that monetize content with links to relevant products.
Early versions of complex products that need to be validated with customers before hiring a team to build the full product.
Basic websites that you can rent or sell to local businesses, like the one Nic Conley created in this video.2
Each of these can be built incredibly quickly using vibe coding, and as the quality of vibe coding improves, more and more will be possible.
Good Vibes Only
Vibe coding is a revolution that is democratizing software creation. While limitations exist, rapid AI improvements mean now is the time to experiment. Early adopters will gain a huge advantage by becoming experts in prompt-driven development and leveraging the first-mover advantage on new products.
Ready to become a digital alchemist and turn ideas into reality with vibe coding? All you need to do is pick an idea, open up Replit or another AI coding tool, and start prompting!
To endless possibilities,
Casandra
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Sounds great. I can build pieces of software in AI now and edit them but having some systems to put it all together would really speed things up.
It has never been easier to start a business or create apps even with limited resources. As long as you have an idea, many of the traditional barriers are just absolutely gone.