What vibe coding actually is
Popularised by Andrej Karpathy, former AI director at Tesla and OpenAI: describe your intent in natural language, AI generates, fixes and improves code in real time. A collaboration, not magic.
Dominant tools in 2026
Cursor: the reference AI editor
Cursor integrates Claude and GPT directly into the editor. Over 2 million active users, many non-developers. Particularly powerful for building dashboards, automating reports and creating small APIs.
Claude Code: the agent approach
Claude Code navigates your codebase, understands global architecture and modifies multiple files coherently. Ideal for medium-sized projects with some complexity.
For data profiles: vibe coding is particularly powerful for automating reports, creating interactive dashboards, cleaning data and building small APIs.
What vibe coding does not replace
Vibe coding often produces code that works but is not maintainable at scale. For critical systems, a real developer remains essential.
Building something that works without being a developer, and knowing where that approach stops, is what the AI Business Accelerator is about.
