I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
InfoWorld

Output from vibe coding tools prone to critical security flaws, study finds

The assessment, which it conducted in December 2025, compared five of the best-known vibe coding tools — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Replit, and Devin — by using pre-defined prompts to build ...

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Like all AI models based on the Transformer architecture, the large language models (LLMs) that underpin today’s coding ...
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I can’t program at all. My first Vibe coding experiment went shockingly well

Claude Code is the tool I was most curious about, having interviewed its founder and tracked its rise in popularity from its ...
Michigan Technological University

What is Software Engineering?

Software engineering is the branch of computer science that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. Software engineers apply engineering principles and ...
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Forget Vibe Coders: ‘Cracked Engineers’ Are All the Rage in Tech

In November, a young robotics startup called Gradient began interviewing applicants for an engineering internship at the Palo ...