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Coders in 2030

i feel like i'm falling into this wierd category lately, using AI agents for almost everything in my workflow. i have the technical background and know my way around a database schema, so i'm not at the level where i don't understand what's happening under the hood. but the speed is just too addictive. right now, i'm letting tools like cursor and codex handle the backend logic, and i've been testing runable for the UI components. figma and stitch are okayish for quick mockups, but they still require way too much manual CSS tweaking.

it used to take me a week just to wire up auth and design a clean layout that didn't look like a boostrap template from 2012. letting these ai agents handle the visual layout polish just saves some headache so i can focus my brain on the actual logic. are other devs with technical skills doing this, or are we just formatting ourselves to eventually froget how to code from scratch? it feels like a wierd gray area.

u/Happy_Macaron5197 — 7 hours ago
▲ 27 r/vibecoding+5 crossposts

what nobody tells you about the top 1% of consumer apps:

it’s not about the features. it’s about the feeling.

your brand deserves a PERSONALITY. it needs to be memorable.

create your custom fully animated mascot in 10 minutes @ ZIGGLE.ART 🦄

u/missEves — 6 hours ago
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PSA: Fake user counts and reviews are illegal

Been seeing a lot of new SaaS sites lately with stuff like "Trusted by 15,000 users" or "Join 10,000+ companies" when the site just launched a week ago. Some of these same founders are posting in communities asking how to get users, or posting their $100 mrr, but their landing page says they already have thousands of users.

I 1 shotted a demo site to test my product on and a bunch of this was done by Claude code so I’m sure other people have had this too and kept it because it sounds great. Of course it does it’s a lie lol.

Just a heads up: this isn't only a credibility problem. It's actually illegal and comes with possible $50,000+ fines.

The FTC considers fake user counts and made-up testimonials false advertising. They've gone after small companies and solo founders, not just big ones.

Easy mistake to think it's harmless or that nobody checks. It’s wrong and illegal. Don’t do it.

Honest launches are slower. But they don't put your business at risk.

Anyone else seen their vibe coded apps come with fake social credit?

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u/No-Conclusion1329 — 8 hours ago
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I'm a dad of 2 who works night shifts I vibe coded this application with zero coding experience

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share the build journey of my first deployed app, because the pipeline I ended up using to get it across the finish line as a non-coder felt a bit absurd, but it worked.

The Project: I built Dermia (https://dermia.up.railway.app) — it’s a fast, free skincare routine builder that checks user inputs against 18 specific allergens and product-ingredient interactions to build safe AM/PM routines.

The Multi-Model Chaos / How I Built It:

  1. The Mockup: I started out "vibe coding" in Google AI Studio using Gemini. It was great for the initial frontend layout, but as the codebase grew and technical logic got deep, Gemini started suffering from massive context drift (forgetting components we established 10 prompts ago).
  2. Going Local (and hitting a wall): I switched to running Ollama locally to keep building, but running heavy local models for a complex web project wasn't sustainable on my hardware.
  3. The Breakthrough: I discovered Ollama has cloud models, which opened up free Claude models for a bit. But I hit massive friction trying to get Qwen to handle Claude's tool-calling logic correctly.
  4. The Final Engine: I bit the bullet and upgraded to Ollama Pro ($20 for 50x usage), which gave me access to GLM 5.1. I used GLM 5.1 as my primary "senior dev" to fix the tool-calling bugs, handle the database schemas, and fine-tune the allergen-checking logic.

Where it stands now: The app is live, fully functional, and deployed on Railway. It’s completely free, and you don’t even need an account to test the quiz logic.

I need brutal code/product feedback: Since I have exactly zero formal coding experience, I know there are things here that probably look insane to a real developer. What feels broken? What UI cues instantly scream "AI-generated" to you? If you test out a routine, does the ingredient filtering logic actually hold up?

Hit me with your worst, I want to make this genuinely good.

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u/Naveja — 6 hours ago
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I built a Myst-style portfolio site because I'm tired of every AI website looking the same

The Arrival

I was experimenting with the new Claude Design alongside Claude Code for a work project recently, and somewhere in the middle of it I got hit by an old frustration: so many AI websites look the same right now. Same grid, same fonts, same dark mode toggle. It made me nostalgic for the early internet, when people had quirky little sites, when buttons looked like real, physical buttons, and when a site's whole purpose could just be to exist, not to convert visitors into sales.

So I started wondering if I could make something like that with Claude. It began as a small experiment in generating real-looking objects, and pretty quickly evolved into something bigger: a website that looks and functions like one of my all-time favorite games, Myst. (Plus Riven and Tricky Doors, if you've ever fallen into that point-and-click puzzle-game hole.) The whole appeal of those games, to me, is wandering around a beautiful world clicking on stuff and going "okay… what the hell does this lever do?" "What happens if I click on this bookshelf?"

So I sat down with that idea and Claude, used ChatGPT image 2 to generate the room itself and Veo 3.1 for the little looping touches, and three days later I had a brand new portfolio site.

→ https://mattebso.com/

Click around, explore, see if you can find the easter eggs. I'd love your feedback. Thanks!

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u/AbilityAny4629 — 7 hours ago
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should I get an Agentic IDE or Claude Code?

I already have Codex Plus. I want to take another subscription and I was thinking if I should take Claude Code ($20 plan) or an Agentic IDE. If an Agentic IDE, which one should I go for?

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u/MaduZod — 6 hours ago
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My apps vibe coded

Hello everyone,
For the past month i have crated some apps with Claude code to give people that needs and it would be great to show support and feedbacks. Appreciate you.

  • Shiba Schedule https://shibdule.site/
    • Productivity apps are boring. Shiba Scheduler turns your week into a game: every task you complete feeds your Shiba, earns coins for the shop, dresses it in samurai gear, and powers boss battles you fight with friends. A planner that actually wants you to come back. This app have everything in one, you have tasks weekly and monthly planner, journal, goals , sheets, share tasks with friends, play games together, minigames, this app will make your day work fun replacing your old tasks.
  • Memoria https://memoria-tcg.vercel.app/
    • Memoria — a trading card game built from your life. What if you could play with your own photos and memories in a card game? Every card arrives blank. Snap a picture — your dog, your coffee, last summer's sunset — and that moment becomes a creature you can summon. Build a deck around your memories, battle friends online in real-time PVP, and beat campaigns against Bosses. The game shapes itself around you.
  • Deafvoice deafvoice.vercel.app
    • Most speech apps assume you can hear yourself. DeafVoice doesn't. It mirrors exactly what listeners hear in real time, lets you correct it on the fly, and turns your own mistakes into personalized practice — with phonetics, animated mouth diagrams, daily bingo drills, and a translator that auto-applies every correction you've ever made. Made for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, by someone who gets it.There this feature deaf accent which even you cannot get it right but ai know what you meant and it will memorize and be able translate for you for the real world hearing. Example you want say I want go bathroom but yout deaf accent does this I wat gu to bathroum, and you report you wanted say I want go to bathroom and it will memorize and ready to translate for you next time you can tell in the app and show to the person.We have normal translation Spanish to English but we dont have Deaf Accent to English? Here you go!
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u/The21Laz — 4 hours ago
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when they ask if i'm a full stack developer and i say yes with zero hesitation

had to explain my development process to a senior dev yesterday and it was genuinely embarrassing lol. he was talking about docker containers and memory leaks while i just sat there nodding.

my entire shipping stack right now is just cursor for the core product, runable to quickly spin up the landing page and docs, and vercel to deploy. the hardest part of my day is writing a good prompt fr.

he looked at me like i just insulted his entire bloodline tbh. anyone else feel like a massive fraud when talking to traditional engineers or is it just me?

u/CRUSHx69_ — 16 hours ago
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unpopular opinion but vibe coding has ruined every other hobby for me and i am not sorry

i used to have hobbies that ended. i would paint a thing, hang it up, done. i would bake a cake, eat the cake, done. i would do a puzzle, complete the puzzle, stare at the puzzle, take the puzzle apart, slightly depressed.

vibe coding never ends. that is the whole point. that is the curse and the gift.

i started "one small project" in march. it is now a sprawling beast with three half-built features, a database i'm scared to touch, and a settings page that just says "coming soon" in comic sans because i thought it was funny at 2am and now it is a part of the brand

i tried to read a book last week. i got to page twelve and thought "this would be a cool app." i closed the book. i opened cursor. i have not finished a book since april.

i went on a walk to clear my head and instead i mentally architected a feature for forty minutes and came back home and forgot what the walk was for

i have a notes app full of things like "what if it but for dogs" and "auth flow??? cookies???" and "remember the thing" and i do not remember the thing

the worst part is when something works. when you ship a feature and someone you don't know uses it and it does what it's supposed to do. that hit is illegal. no painting ever made me feel like that. no cake. no puzzle. nothing.

my friends ask what i did this weekend and i have to lie because the truth is i refactored the same component four times and felt every emotion a human can feel

i can't even watch tv properly anymore. i'll be three episodes deep and suddenly think "the loading state on my dashboard is wrong" and i have to pause and write it down or it will haunt me

anyway my girlfriend asked me to pick a hobby that has a clear endpoint and i said sure and then i started building an app to help me find one

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u/Complete_Pool2717 — 15 hours ago
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I made an App that forces me to study before I can use Social Media

I made an app that forces me to study my vocabulary before I can use Instagram, Tiktok, ...

You can also import your own Anki flashcards, Multiple Choice Quizzes or generate Flashcards based on your study notes automatically.

If you want to try it out, you can get it here:

Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cardgate

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cardgate-learn-then-scroll/id6761844846

(iOS not available in EU yet, release is next week here)

If you want free premium, hit me up.

u/EngineeringRare6517 — 12 hours ago
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Hey

I want to be straight with you. I built this because I was genuinely frustrated.

Every time I needed an AI tool for something specific — writing, editing images, transcribing audio, generating code — I would spend 20 minutes Googling, clicking through listicles with 47 ads, landing on tools that shut down 8 months ago, or paying for something I used once.

So I spent the last 1 week building https://brofindai.com

It is a dark mode directory of 500+ AI tools. No ads. No sponsored garbage pushed to the top. Just tools organized by what they actually do.

Here is what it does right now:

Search anything. Type "remove background" or "write cold emails" or "generate music" and it finds tools that do exactly that.

Filter by pricing. If you only want free tools, one click. If you are okay paying, filter for that. No more clicking into a tool and discovering the free plan does nothing.

Filter by category. Writing, Coding, Image Generation, Video, Audio, SEO, Research, Productivity and more.

Bookmark tools. Sign in with Google, save tools you want to try later. No more 47 open browser tabs.

Upvote tools. The community surfaces what actually works instead of what paid to be featured.

Here is what I want from you.

Tell me what is broken. Tell me what category is empty that should not be. Tell me which tool you use every single day that is not in there. Tell me if the search sucks. Tell me if it is slow.

I would rather get 10 pieces of brutal honest feedback today than find out in 3 months that nobody came back after their first visit.

If you have built an AI tool yourself and want to be listed, drop it in the comments. I am adding indie built tools for free right now.

https://brofindai.com

u/Boldrenegade — 10 hours ago
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Vibe coding tools

Hey everyone, drop down the tools you guys use for vibe coding with no or minimal cost for end to end. Im facing difficulty in deciding which one to go with

I've tried Antigravity, claude code, cursor.

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u/Fluffy_Side_9237 — 14 hours ago
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Vibecoded desktop IDE for personality from scratch

Hello everyone! Want to share of experience of building my first desktop application from scratch.

Originally I am product manager with managerial background in tech and I have never written any line of code to production. Moreover, I am disastrous designer. I have started to build my app without any person involved and tiny costs.

A couple of words about the app - I tried to build BYOK solution for personal context storage for conversation with LLM as advisor. Initial case was to use results of psychological profiling for actual career coaching, but later the idea got much more wider - collect all personal data about you and store it locally (now only Mac & Win, free, no cloud, no mobile, no subscriptions). And it is not passive data collection like GPT, but you have script in each node which asks you right questions to help you understand your personality deeper.

All stack was chosen by llms:

  • Frontend — React 19 + TypeScript + Tailwind, bundled with Vite
  • Backend — Rust (Tauri v2), OS-level only: keychain, updater, opener
  • Desktop shell — Tauri v2 (not Electron)
  • Database — Dexie (IndexedDB, local inside the webview
  • Updater, analytics, prompts — three separate Workers in JS + D1 (SQLite)

I used Nano Banana 2 for initial sketch design (probably I will redesing it, now for me it seems that many vibecoded designs look like each other).
Ideation and brainstorming - Gemini 3.1 Pro Deep Research mode. But later I fully switched to Claude, even about discussing some business strategies, simply because it is hard to keep context in different places.

I had some free credits from AWS and get even 200$ more from them by passing their quest, so first month of development I utilized BYOK capabilities from AWS Bedrock. It is definitely not a bad idea in case you need one key and you want to control you costs and switch between models fast. As cons - tokens are quite expensive comparing to CC subscription and new models are not being added in a moment after release. So after I burnt all my free credits, I fully switched to CC.

Claude Code for code - 20$ subscription was enough for me. I never used to code like "fix this tiny bug with latest Opus on max thinking". Max capacity was enabled for complex bugs, architecture planning and code cleanup. Sonnet is fully capable for resolving regular staff, I even used Haiku for localization - translation seems quite cheap and easy, but massive in case of multiples languages support (but most content for not popular languages is being translated by llm which user provides on background).

Claude, skills, project context, release protocol and changelog md's are must. As business analyst in past, that was a pleasure for me to build cascade documentation of the system and the history. Docs which are structured in right way are keys to operate with the context and scale the app. Due to them my transition to CC from Bedrock was really rapid.

Autotest coverage is about 60%, I know it should be more, but for MVP release it seems to be enough.

CI/CD - Github actions, they have massive free tier. Builds are updated by command, after being released link on website is also updated automatically. Do not forget to ask one more time to update all documentation regarding release and the app, even if it is already mentioned multiple times in release protocol. Release notes are generated automatically.

Website hosting - Cloudflare pages free tier. Domain name - Porkbun, 1,5$ for first year, they have fancy feature of fake work emails with autoforward, so that you can generate email like ceo@xxx.yy and get all inbox on your regular mail.

What else? Analytics dashboard (telemetry) is custom and build on cloudflare pages as well, password-protected. Manual testing is a must. Without regular manual testing that should become total bullshit. I can easily believe that software engineers may massively lose their jobs, but not manual QAs.

If you want to test the app - https://yggdra.garden/ it is free. I would really appreciate all your feedbacks here.

u/FarClient2449 — 7 hours ago
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Made a video game for my husband’s birthday

Help Wanted - I suck at this!

I’ve been trying to vibe code a rather simple video game for my husband’s birthday using Claude and it started off great until I reached the limits, even with a maxed out plan.

Then once the conversations themselves got too long, it could no longer add to the code.

I’m looking for somebody to help me, I can pay!

I have all of the HTML and would like to continue adding to the game until his birthday. I come up with smaller ideas, little animations, etc. but have no way of adding them myself now. Further details to anyone who’s interested. Thank you!!

u/Sea_Cardiologist7437 — 11 hours ago
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Vibe coding valid?

I recently built an internal tool completely with cursor

The whole idea was mine but code was completely vibe coded

Got appreciation for that

Do you think this appreciation/work is valid enough?

P.S - Feeling imposter syndrome

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u/arreyyaarr — 15 hours ago
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I’m a software engineer, and a big part of my day is debugging issues reported by other teams.

Most of the time I’m:
- checking tokens
- calling APIs
- comparing JSON responses and traces
- writing docs

I kept jumping between different tools for all of this, and it always felt clunky.

I tried finding a lightweight toolkit with a clean UI and smooth workflow, but most tools either felt outdated or started adding AI features that didn’t really make sense to me, especially for workflows involving sensitive tokens or internal data.

So I ended up building a small client-side toolkit for myself: https://catssaymeow.org/

What surprised me was that when I showed it to teammates, some of them immediately asked:
“Why doesn’t it have AI support?”

Personally, I don’t really see the need for AI in tools like JSON formatting, token inspection, API calls, etc.

u/limario_bp — 9 hours ago
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OpenAI offer $2M credits for exchange for equity

OpenAI offer $2M credits for exchange for equity.

But investors are warning founder not to take it.

They concern is accepting the deal gives OpenAI direct visibility into what each startup is building. OpenAI could study their approaches and incorporate features into its own product.

"Fair warning, YC founders: if you take these tokens, there's a non-zero chance that OpenAI will study exactly what your startup is doing, copy your idea and put your app into their free offering."

What’s your thoughts on ? Do you think is true that OpenAI will steal people ideas? 💡

u/AureliaAI — 20 hours ago