Vibe Coding Is the Future (You’ll Regret Ignoring It)

Software engineering and development continue to be reshaped, becoming more flexible as the years go by. Low-code and no-code tools allow users to build websites and applications with little to no coding experience. Lately, AI has made it possible to build web applications using simple text prompts.

This AI-driven shift was further highlighted during Google I/O (May 21- 25th, 2025, Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California), where Google unveiled Stitch, a new AI-powered tool, for app design and development.

Stitch simplifies the development of web applications using AI to generate UI designs and frontend code from text or image inputs in minutes.

AI tools like ChatGPT, which generate code from users' prompts, have caused a wave of coding that focuses on rapid development over technical depth. This new trend is called Vibe Code.

Vibe coding is programming with AI to generate code instead of requiring knowledge of coding or employing developers to code from scratch. It is commonly referred to as a way “not to code”, meaning that a language model, for instance, handles the writing and debugging of code without your technical input.

This approach can be used by developers who need assistance or anyone who doesn't want to go through the pain of learning to code from scratch.

Vibe coding, also called AI-assisted programming (e.g., GitHub Co-pilot, Tabnine Mutable.ai), makes coding simple and facilitates creating applications faster. With Vibe coding, code is generated with AI tools, using prompts to control the result.

This term “Vibe Coding” was coined by Andrej Karpathy, a computer scientist who shared on X, formerly called Twitter, about the sophistication of LLMs, and mentioned that when he needs to perform coding tasks, and he’s feeling lazy, he speaks to Composer(text-speech tool) with SuperWhisper(speech-text tool) without touching the keyboard to create what he wants.

This is not the first introduction of coding without having technical knowledge, but the term “Vibe Coding” created a wave.

Various tools enabled the creation of websites without requiring advanced knowledge or coding skills, such as:

• Webflow
• Wordpress
• Elementor
• Framer
• Wix

Allowing non-coders to build simple websites in a few days. While these tools still require little technical understanding, they are much easier than building more complex and custom websites that may require becoming a skilled developer.

AI tools, on the other hand, simplify the process of developing websites and applications, allowing users to generate full web applications within minutes by providing a prompt based on the outcome they desire.

What is the difference between Low or No-Code Tools and Vibe Coding?

Low-Code and No-Code tools have predefined components that involve building applications that require dragging and dropping these already-made components.

Everything is done within the platform, which makes it less flexible and customizable, confining users to what the platform allows; in other words, you cannot experiment with a thought on a whim or create something more technical or complex.

Vibe coding using AI tools can write code; users can experiment by telling AI the idea they want to create, and it creates it on the fly, just like a wizard waving a wand.

Speed: AI-assisted coding makes developing applications faster. It can help developers’ complete tasks, build applications without worrying about technical do’s and don'ts, and automate repetitive tasks by suggesting real-time solutions, allowing developers to focus on other important tasks.

Reduction of Development Cost: It can reduce cost because it can be used for creating prototypes or a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and test ideas quickly, saving time, which equals money during early stages before it can scale using the right efforts.

This can also help developers get feedback faster and discover what works and what doesn't, making it easier to avoid pursuing the wrong approach early in the process.

Focus on Creativity: AI coding tools can reduce the stress of solving complex problems, allowing developers to think more creatively, knowing that the tool handles the complexity of building or developing.

This approach allows people or developers to think of different innovations to build and experiment with.

Beneficial to Technical or Senior Coders: For technical coders, using AI can be useful in creating fast prototyping while focusing on code performance and optimization.

It also allows coders to find solutions or explore different solution patterns, which can unlock more strategic and creative thinking regarding code structure and performance.

Vibe coding comes with its own risk; for instance, a user on X created a SaaS using cursor AI assistance, he even had paying customers, after sharing this information on the internet about how he was able to build his product by vibe coding, he experienced an attack, people bypassed subscription, maxed out usage on API keys, etc.

With this situation, we see that it is not just about using AI to generate code; there are technicalities involved, like securing databases, authentication and access, input and data security, secrets and key management, Multifactor-Authentication, etc.

Since the incident, he has learnt some lessons and has created several projects by vibe coding, and also started a community of vibe coders.

Some examples of implications of Vibe Coding include;

• Security Vulnerabilities: Unvetted AI-generated code could lead to security vulnerabilities like SQL injections, insecure authentication mechanisms, or exposure of sensitive data, which can cause several implications, including extortion or theft.

• Technical Complexities: Vibe coding can only handle basic frameworks, but for more complex real-world applications, its usage can be limited, for example, building complex banking systems that have to deal with sensitive transactions.

• Code Quality: Code quality can raise concerns if there's a lack of structure, making it hard to debug, maintain, and scale, especially if you do not understand the code generated or how it works.

• Over-reliance: Without understanding how it works, it can impact how well you can problem solve, which is one of the core benefits of learning to code. It encourages bad practices like creating:

  • Inefficient code
  • Poor Code Architecture or Structure
  • Unreadable formatting.

Additionally, completely trusting AI-generated code without proper testing, code review, or refactoring can lead to unstable codebases that become hard to maintain.

Here’s a list of tools that can be used if you want to give in to the vibes and start creating;

Cursor

Cursor is a lightweight and fast AI code editor used to write, edit, and understand code. Developers can get up-to-date information from the web instead of leaving the editor when they want to search Google for something.

Benefits of Cursor AI include;

• Quickly completes tasks
• Automatically write and run terminal commands
• Identify lint errors and fix errors automatically, reducing the need to debug manually.
• Predict your next edit and also suggests edits to your code.
• A chat section that allows you to talk with an AI that views your codebase, you can ask the AI agent to add blocks of code to your codebase.

These are some of the features you get when using the cursor; there are still more you can check out on the official website.

Bolt

Bolt is an app builder developed by Stackblitz. It is powered by AI, which makes it possible to prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web and mobile applications directly from your browser.

It was designed for technical and non-technical users, and it has AI support available to help users create applications from concept to a live product. Some features include;

• Import Figma design elements into the project.
• Netlify for deployment and hosting
• GitHub for version control
• Stripe for payment handling
• Supabase for databases, authentication, and file storage
• Expo for mobile app development.

The official website provides more information about other features and how to get started.

Tempo Labs

Tempo is an AI-powered platform designed to create web and mobile applications. It combines an IDE, design tool, and AI assistant to generate full-stack applications using text or image prompts. Some of its features include:

• Generating code for React applications using text or image prompts.
• Figma Plugin to convert Figma designs into React Code.
• Ability to build and maintain design systems by importing components from Storybook. You can edit and preview components visually, etc.

Let’s use the Tempo tool to create an application, all we need to do is tell it what we want to generate, and it’ll do it. On the website, there’s the option to test it out and generate your first app.

Let’s create a simple e-commerce perfume store application and test it out to see what it can generate.

If you haven’t signed up yet, it’ll provide options for you to do so before you can generate your app.

After completing the signup process, you can see in the image below that it created an e-commerce website.

You can also find the source code for the design within the platform.

In this free version, you can deploy what has been created on Vercel. Vercel is a platform that provides developers with tools and cloud infrastructure to build, secure, scale, and deploy web applications to production.

After deploying using Vercel, you’ll get an actual website. The link is only available for 48 hours; however, if you’re familiar with React, you can copy the source code it generated and tweak it.

If you want to follow this trend or approach of coding and building applications, here’s some advice to follow;

Use a Popular Tech Stack: To use any of these tools, it is advised to choose a popular tech stack and use popular tools like Express, React, or VueJS, because LLMs are effective at solving problems by utilizing patterns from already solved solutions.

Learn Version Control: Learn how to use Git/GitHub and similar tools. This allows you to save your code, so if you lose it, you can recover it easily.

Think like a product manager: Break down complex requirements into smaller problems so you can take charge of the creative aspect to get better results.

Everyone has an opinion about vibe coding, which has caused debates on social platforms and tech communities. Some people are embracing vibe coding, while others think it leads to complications that can easily be missed when there’s not enough human code review.

AI is here to stay; it's being integrated into everything we do. Learning how to prompt and use it to our advantage is crucial because the ecosystem would become heavily reliant on its usage.

Google Veo 3 AI video generator shows how sophisticated each release is becoming, blurring what’s real and what isn't. Google Stitch which is still in beta stage, allows you to create web designs with code in minutes, making designing and developing applications easier.

With all these, it is still important to understand the fundamentals and also understand the structure and inner workings of coding or programming, and other technicalities involved in securing applications so you don’t get complications while building.