Vibe Coding: Ship Apps by Writing Vibes, Not Code

TL;DR

Stop writing boilerplate. Write a vibe (a tiny mood-board of words) and let AI IDEs like Cursor or Bolt.new do the heavy lifting. Andrej Karpathy @karpathy calls this vibe coding—perfect for time-starved, non-technical founders.

One-Minute How-To

Open Cursor or Bolt.new.
Paste a 3-line vibe:

code

A habit-tracker that feels like Duolingo.
Pastel gradients, playful confetti on check-in.
Data lives in Supabase, OAuth with Google.

Click "Generate project." The AI scaffolds UI, DB, and auth.
Chat "tighten UX animation, 0.2 s" → AI patches code live.
Deploy to Vercel. You just built an app without touching a semicolon.

Pro Tips

• Keep vibes under 50 words—strong intent, zero clutter.
• Iterate in chat: "Add dark-mode vibe: cyberpunk neon."
• Use diff view to learn what changed and keep quality high.

Source: "Software is Changing Again" talk by @karpathy (bit.ly/vibe-talk).

How to run this with CodeBrain

Drop your vibe in your Obsidian vault (/ideas/vibes.md).
Say "Claude, build vibe habit-tracker" via Claude Code CLI (voice-enabled with SuperWhisper).
Rube MCP lets Claude scaffold files, git-push, and hit the Bolt API—fully inside your private vault.
Preview locally, then cb deploy to fly.io. Your vibe ships, no code, full privacy.