Vibe Coding: How Non-Developers Started Shipping Real Software on the Weekend
There's a phrase that keeps showing up in product forums, parenting Slack groups, and side-project Discords this spring: "I vibe coded it." It usually means the same thing — somebody who doesn't write software for a living described an app they wanted, talked to an AI for a couple of hours, and ended up with something they actually use. A chore tracker for their kids. A booking page for a tutoring side hustle. A small dashboard that pulls together two spreadsheets the rest of the office hates opening.
Two years ago, that sentence would have ended with "so I hired a developer" or "so I gave up." In 2026, it ends with "so I shipped it on Sunday."
