Topic: vibe coding

  • Build an SEO Tool with LLMs: A Controlled Development Guide

    Build an SEO Tool with LLMs: A Controlled Development Guide

    Effective development with LLMs requires a structured, staged process, not just a single prompt, to overcome context window limitations and build complex applications. The methodology begins with thorough planning and creating a formal project outline, followed by setting up a clean coding enviro...

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  • Google's AI Plan to End Android Developer Toil

    Google's AI Plan to End Android Developer Toil

    Google is deeply integrating its Gemini AI into Android Studio to automate repetitive developer tasks like writing boilerplate code and updating dependencies, aiming to eliminate "toil" and reshape app development. The initiative offers flexibility by allowing developers to choose their AI model ...

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  • The ‘Vibe Coding’ Reality Check: Can AI Truly Turn Beginners into Developers?

    The ‘Vibe Coding’ Reality Check: Can AI Truly Turn Beginners into Developers?

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently made a bold declaration: English is the new programming language. Armed with this blessing, the tech world has fully embraced "vibe coding", the act of generating complex software simply by conversing with an AI agent. No syntax, no semicolons, just vibes.

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  • Backslash Security Raises $19M to Secure AI-Generated Code

    Backslash Security Raises $19M to Secure AI-Generated Code

    The software development landscape is shifting from AI-assisted tools to fully autonomous AI agents, creating a new and complex security attack surface that demands specialized solutions. Backslash Security has secured $19 million in Series A funding to build an end-to-end platform that secures t...

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  • Vibe Coding: Fun Until You Need It to Work

    Vibe Coding: Fun Until You Need It to Work

    Nothing's Essential Apps Builder allows users to create AI-generated smartphone widgets using simple language, but the current beta version is limited in functionality and reliability, feeling more like an experiment than a polished tool. The platform shows promise for simple tasks like calendar ...

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  • Free AI Coding Stack: Get the Local Vibe Without Claude or Codex

    Free AI Coding Stack: Get the Local Vibe Without Claude or Codex

    A new local AI coding stack combines Goose, Ollama, and Qwen3-coder to provide a powerful, private, and cost-effective alternative to cloud-based assistants by running entirely on a developer's own machine. This setup addresses key cloud service drawbacks like recurring fees and data privacy risk...

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  • Sapiom Secures $15M to Empower AI Agents With Self-Service Tools

    Sapiom Secures $15M to Empower AI Agents With Self-Service Tools

    Sapiom, a startup founded by a former Shopify director, has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a financial layer that enables AI agents to autonomously and securely purchase the services they need, such as APIs or computation. The company aims to simplify the complex backend integration ...

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  • Vibe-Coded Moltbook Data Breach Exposes API Keys

    Vibe-Coded Moltbook Data Breach Exposes API Keys

    A critical security misconfiguration at the AI social network Moltbook, specifically the lack of Row Level Security for its Supabase backend, exposed its entire database through a single public API key. The breach compromised 1.5 million API tokens, 30,000 email addresses, and private messages, a...

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  • Realistic Vibe Coding: SEO Examples That Work

    Realistic Vibe Coding: SEO Examples That Work

    Vibe coding enables software creation through conversational AI prompts, allowing users to generate executable code without manual programming, significantly lowering technical barriers. Success depends on writing explicit prompts and rigorously validating outputs, as AI can produce incorrect res...

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  • Agentic AI & Vibe Coding: The Future of PPC Management

    Agentic AI & Vibe Coding: The Future of PPC Management

    PPC advertising is evolving from basic automation to intelligent autonomy, driven by agentic AI and vibe coding, which allow AI systems to manage campaigns with less manual oversight. Agentic AI enables autonomous, real-time campaign optimization and execution, shifting the competitive focus for ...

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  • I Built a Mac App with Claude in 8 Hours: The Reality of AI Coding

    I Built a Mac App with Claude in 8 Hours: The Reality of AI Coding

    AI coding assistants enable rapid application development, but shift the developer's role from hands-on coding to project management, requiring constant direction and oversight rather than creative immersion. Success with AI tools depends heavily on the user's foundational technical knowledge, wh...

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  • Can a Beginner Code an App? I Tried Cursor & Replit

    Can a Beginner Code an App? I Tried Cursor & Replit

    AI coding assistants can automate setup and generate boilerplate code, but they exist in a middle ground between complex local tools and metered cloud platforms, each with significant drawbacks like lost chat history or paywalls. The experiment revealed that effectively guiding an AI to build an ...

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  • Linus Torvalds Embraces Vibe Coding

    Linus Torvalds Embraces Vibe Coding

    Linus Torvalds experimented with **vibe coding**, using an AI assistant to generate Python code for a personal audio project, highlighting a growing trend in AI-assisted development. The **vibe coding** approach involves describing goals in natural language for AI to generate code, shifting focus...

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  • Linus Torvalds Tries Vibe Coding (Just a Little)

    Linus Torvalds Tries Vibe Coding (Just a Little)

    Linus Torvalds used an AI coding assistant for a personal Python project, sparking discussion about these tools, but his stance remains pragmatic rather than a full endorsement. He employed the AI tool Google Antigravity to build an audio visualizer, viewing it as a practical experiment to bypass...

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  • xAI Teases Major Grok Upgrade with Code CLI Hint

    xAI Teases Major Grok Upgrade with Code CLI Hint

    Elon Musk's xAI is launching a major upgrade for its Grok AI model next month, specifically enhancing its capabilities for software development to compete with tools like ChatGPT. The upgrade, focused on "Grok Code," aims to enable the model to handle complex programming tasks in a single attempt...

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  • Vibe Marketing: What It Means for Your Strategy

    Vibe Marketing: What It Means for Your Strategy

    Vibe marketing shifts campaign creation from technical processes to intuitive, AI-driven workflows, allowing marketers to use natural language and no-code tools for faster execution and greater agility. It democratizes marketing by enabling teams to focus on strategy and creativity while AI handl...

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  • Coding Skills: Your AI Age Superpower

    Coding Skills: Your AI Age Superpower

    AI acts as a force multiplier for software engineers, requiring increased human oversight to direct, validate, and secure its output, rather than replacing human roles. The integration of AI demands rigorous verification and safety protocols, as its raw speed can amplify existing process flaws an...

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  • The Top PPC Columns of 2025: Expert Insights from Search Engine Land

    The Top PPC Columns of 2025: Expert Insights from Search Engine Land

    PPC strategies in 2025 evolved to prioritize strategic precision over budget size, with a focus on eliminating wasteful spending and effectively leveraging automation and tools like Performance Max campaigns. Financial planning became crucial due to rising advertising costs, requiring marketers t...

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  • Vibe Coding: The Future of Search Marketing Workflows

    Vibe Coding: The Future of Search Marketing Workflows

    Google's AI Overviews are creating a zero-click search environment, challenging traditional SEO and making the ability to build unique, interactive tools a critical skill for marketers. Vibe coding, using AI no-code platforms to build applications, allows marketing teams to rapidly create and tes...

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  • My 2025 AI Subscriptions: The Keepers for 2026

    My 2025 AI Subscriptions: The Keepers for 2026

    The author spent $1,665 on AI tools, with a key shift being the adoption of agentic AI or complex tasks, particularly in coding where a $300 investment achieved years of work in days. A major cost-saving move was strategically downgrading **Adobe Creative Cloud** from a $70/month plan to a $...

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  • Lovable: Vibe-Coding Startup Secures $330M at $6.6B Valuation

    Lovable: Vibe-Coding Startup Secures $330M at $6.6B Valuation

    Swedish AI startup Lovable raised $330 million, reaching a $6.6 billion valuation and highlighting intense investor interest in AI tools that simplify software development. The company's "vibe-coding" platform has grown rapidly, achieving over $200 million in annual recurring revenue and hosting ...

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  • Claude Code Creator Boris Cherny on Vibe Coding's Limits

    Claude Code Creator Boris Cherny on Vibe Coding's Limits

    AI coding assistants excel at rapid prototyping and making development accessible but struggle to produce robust, secure code for critical systems, according to Claude Code's creator. For serious development, experts use AI as a collaborative partner for speed and ideation, while manually writing...

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  • Databricks Secures $4B Funding at $134B Valuation Amid AI Boom

    Databricks Secures $4B Funding at $134B Valuation Amid AI Boom

    Databricks raised $4 billion at a $134 billion valuation, marking a 34% increase in just three months and highlighting strong investor confidence in AI-driven data platforms. The company is aggressively expanding its AI infrastructure, including the Lakebase database and Agent Bricks platform, an...

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  • AI Didn't End Your Career, It Supercharged It

    AI Didn't End Your Career, It Supercharged It

    AI coding tools are not replacements for human developers but are sophisticated power tools that amplify human capability, shifting the programmer's role from manual coding to strategic architecting and directing. Historical parallels, like the sewing machine and power saw, show that new tools ex...

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  • OpenAI Lawsuit & Solar Geoengineering's Future

    OpenAI Lawsuit & Solar Geoengineering's Future

    A lawsuit against OpenAI alleges a chatbot validated a user's delusions, contributing to a death, highlighting legal and ethical questions about AI accountability. ICE is using non-removable smartwatches to monitor pregnant immigrants, a practice criticized alongside reported use of solitary conf...

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  • Google's Experimental Browser Redefines Web Apps

    Google's Experimental Browser Redefines Web Apps

    Google has launched an experimental browser called Disco, which uses its Gemini AI to generate personalized, interactive mini-apps (GenTabs) from user prompts instead of just providing static search links. The system creates a collaborative loop: it opens relevant web pages and uses their content...

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  • Build AI Websites with WordPress & Vibe Coding: White-Label Platform & API

    Build AI Websites with WordPress & Vibe Coding: White-Label Platform & API

    The digital landscape now demands immediate, AI-generated website drafts as a baseline expectation, fundamentally pressuring all web service businesses to adapt or risk irrelevance. Competitive advantage has shifted to controlling distribution by embedding white-label AI website builders into exi...

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  • Empromptu Secures $2M to Power Enterprise AI App Development

    Empromptu Secures $2M to Power Enterprise AI App Development

    Empromptu is a new platform that enables business owners, including non-technical users, to transform AI concepts into functional enterprise software by describing their desired application to an AI chatbot, which then builds it. The platform distinguishes itself by focusing on turning AI experim...

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  • Mistral AI Launches New Coding Models

    Mistral AI Launches New Coding Models

    Mistral AI has launched Devstral 2, a powerful 123B-parameter coding model, and the Mistral Vibe CLI tool to compete with major AI labs and coding-focused LLMs. The Vibe CLI enables natural language "vibe-coding" for terminal automation, emphasizing context awareness by scanning files and Git sta...

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  • Supabase Turned Down Millions to Hit a $5B Valuation

    Supabase Turned Down Millions to Hit a $5B Valuation

    Supabase, an open-source database platform, has experienced explosive growth, raising $100 million at a $5 billion valuation shortly after a previous $200 million round at a $2 billion valuation. The company's CEO, Paul Copplestone, is rejecting large enterprise contracts to focus on a developer-...

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  • Google CEO: Vibe Coding Makes Software Development 'Exciting Again'

    Google CEO: Vibe Coding Makes Software Development 'Exciting Again'

    Google CEO Sundar Pichai champions "vibe coding" as a transformative trend that enables non-programmers to create applications using conversational AI, comparing its impact to the rise of blogging and YouTube. This approach makes software development more accessible and enjoyable, allowing profes...

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  • The Hidden Dangers of Vibe Coding That Could Ruin Your Business

    The Hidden Dangers of Vibe Coding That Could Ruin Your Business

    Vibe coding enables developers to program using plain English instructions, making application building faster and more accessible but often at the cost of code quality, security, and maintainability. Experts warn that over-reliance on AI-generated code can lead to inconsistent quality, rapid acc...

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  • AI Can Now Detect Early Signs of Balding

    AI Can Now Detect Early Signs of Balding

    MyHair AI was created after founder Cyriac Lefort's personal experience with hair loss concerns, aiming to provide a trustworthy, medical-grade analysis tool for early detection of balding patterns. The app uses a proprietary AI model trained on over 300,000 hair images to analyze user-uploaded s...

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  • Linus Torvalds' Surprising Take on AI in Software Development

    Linus Torvalds' Surprising Take on AI in Software Development

    Linus Torvalds views AI in software development as both an educational tool that can inspire new programmers and a disruptive force that complicates workflows, particularly in large projects like the Linux kernel. He supports the gradual adoption of Rust in the Linux kernel despite some maintaine...

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  • Linus Torvalds' Surprising Take on AI in Software Development

    Linus Torvalds' Surprising Take on AI in Software Development

    Linus Torvalds emphasized that Linux's success is driven by its vast community, with each kernel release involving contributions from over a thousand developers to ensure adaptability and maintainability. He supported the adoption of Rust in the Linux kernel despite initial friction, believing it...

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  • Google Launches Its Own Visual Studio Code Alternative

    Google Launches Its Own Visual Studio Code Alternative

    Google has launched Antigravity, an agent-first development platform integrated with the Gemini 3 Pro model, designed to handle complex programming tasks and compete with tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot. The platform features a Manager view for overseeing multiple autonomous agents and gener...

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  • Guardio Raises $80M in Funding From ION Crossover Partners

    Guardio Raises $80M in Funding From ION Crossover Partners

    AI-powered coding tools are creating new security vulnerabilities by enabling rapid development of fraudulent websites, with Guardio developing specialized technology to detect malicious AI-generated code. Guardio has secured $80 million in new funding to accelerate expansion and now serves 500,0...

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  • Lovable Hits $200M ARR, CEO Credits European Roots for Success

    Lovable Hits $200M ARR, CEO Credits European Roots for Success

    Lovable has doubled its annual recurring revenue to $200 million in just four months, achieving rapid growth since reaching $100 million ARR in July. The company's decision to remain in Europe instead of relocating to Silicon Valley proved strategically beneficial, fostering a distinct culture an...

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  • Google Launches Gemini 3 AI Model and Antigravity IDE

    Google Launches Gemini 3 AI Model and Antigravity IDE

    Google has launched the Gemini 3 Pro AI model and the Antigravity IDE, expanding its AI ecosystem and reinforcing its AI-first strategy with immediate availability for developers and users. Gemini 3 Pro features enhanced reasoning and multimodal understanding, achieving a top ELO score of 1,501 o...

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  • Google's Gemini 3 Launches, Already Fuels AI Mode

    Google's Gemini 3 Launches, Already Fuels AI Mode

    Google has launched Gemini 3, its most advanced AI model, integrating all Gemini abilities into a single tool and making it available in Google Search from day one. The model enhances Search with complex reasoning and real-time generative features, such as producing interactive visualizations and...

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  • Vibe Coding to Context Engineering: The Future of Software in 2025

    Vibe Coding to Context Engineering: The Future of Software in 2025

    The software engineering industry is shifting from prioritizing scale and speed to emphasizing context handling as the key differentiator for AI and development effectiveness. Early 2025's "vibe coding" concept faced skepticism for its imprecision, leading to issues like overreliance on AI-genera...

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  • AI-Generated Malware: The Real Threat vs. The Hype

    AI-Generated Malware: The Real Threat vs. The Hype

    Google's report identifies five AI-generated malware samples, all of which are unsophisticated and pose minimal real-world cybersecurity risk compared to professional threats. The malware, including PromptLock, lacks advanced features like persistence and evasion, functioning as proof-of-concepts...

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  • Satya Nadella on Preventing AI Slop

    Satya Nadella on Preventing AI Slop

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights the challenge of "AI slop"—low-quality AI-generated content—and emphasizes the need for superior tooling to harness AI's potential effectively in professional settings. GitHub introduced features like Agent HQ and Mission Control to provide developers with o...

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  • Shuttle Secures $6M to Solve Vibe-Coding Deployment Issues

    Shuttle Secures $6M to Solve Vibe-Coding Deployment Issues

    Vibe coding initially enabled rapid application creation from concepts, but developers soon faced ongoing maintenance and update challenges that these tools couldn't solve. Shuttle secured $6 million in seed funding to address infrastructure issues post-code generation, offering automated deploym...

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  • Google's John Mueller Reveals SEO Flaws in Vibe Coded

    Google's John Mueller Reveals SEO Flaws in Vibe Coded

    Google's Search Advocate John Mueller identified technical SEO issues on a vibe-coded website, including essential content stored in a JavaScript file inaccessible to search engines, which limited its search visibility. Mueller recommended improvements such as incorporating key information direct...

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  • Underdog AI Startups on a16z's Top 50 List

    Underdog AI Startups on a16z's Top 50 List

    The AI Application Spending Report by a16z highlights that while major players like OpenAI and Anthropic lead in spending, numerous emerging companies are gaining traction by automating specific business functions such as customer service and legal tasks. Vibe coding platforms like Replit, which ...

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  • Vibe Coding: The Dark Side of the New Open Source

    Vibe Coding: The Dark Side of the New Open Source

    Vibe coding uses AI to rapidly generate functional code, accelerating development but introducing significant security challenges to software supply chains. AI-generated code often reproduces historical vulnerabilities from flawed training data and lacks nuanced understanding of project-specific ...

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  • Vibe-Coding: A Beginner's Guide to Innovation

    Vibe-Coding: A Beginner's Guide to Innovation

    Vibe coding enables individuals to create software by describing their vision in plain language, with AI handling the actual programming, making development accessible without traditional coding skills. AI tools, from beginner-friendly chatbots to advanced platforms, generate code based on detail...

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  • Which AI Tools Startups Actually Pay For, According to a16z

    Which AI Tools Startups Actually Pay For, According to a16z

    Startups are diversifying their AI investments across many specialized tools rather than relying on a few dominant players, indicating a fragmented and rapidly evolving market. Current spending heavily favors "human augmentors" or "copilots" that boost productivity, with a future shift expected t...

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  • Microsoft's New AI Agent for Excel and Word Enables "Vibe Working"

    Microsoft's New AI Agent for Excel and Word Enables "Vibe Working"

    Microsoft is introducing two new AI-powered tools, Agent Mode and Office Agent for Copilot, which allow users to create documents and spreadsheets in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by typing instructions into a chat interface. Agent Mode, using OpenAI's GPT-5, creates multi-step plans with verificat...

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