Introduction to Vibe Coding

Hello everyone.

Today, I want to talk about a recently popular concept—Vibe Coding.

If you, like me, are someone with no coding background, perhaps a liberal arts or business student, or a busy professional looking to solve practical problems with technology, then you need to read this article.

What is Vibe Coding?

In simple terms, it means coding by intuition or atmosphere.

It’s not a rigorous computer science term but rather a new way of programming for ordinary people. Traditional programming requires months or even years of learning a language like Python or JavaScript, memorizing syntax, tackling algorithms, and debugging, which can be incredibly painful and discouraging.

Vibe Coding is completely different. Its core principle is: You don’t need to understand code; you just need to have ideas.

You act like a director, and AI is your actor. You tell the AI, “Hey, help me write a program that automatically organizes my desktop files.” Then the AI quickly writes the code for you. You don’t need to know what it wrote; you just need to see the results and tell it, “Make this bigger, add a color there.” The whole process feels like chatting with a tech-savvy friend—you provide the “vibe,” and it takes care of the “implementation.”

This experience is akin to taking your first photo with a smartphone. You don’t need to understand aperture, shutter speed, or ISO; you just press the shutter, and the AI adjusts everything for you, resulting in a great photo. Vibe Coding is the programming world’s “point-and-shoot camera.”

How Can Vibe Coding Help Our Lives and Work?

You might wonder, “It sounds cool, but what’s the practical use? Can it really help me?”

Yes, and it has immense value.

For non-technical individuals, the greatest benefit of Vibe Coding is that it breaks down the ’technical barrier.’ Previously, when faced with repetitive and tedious tasks, such as:

• Administrative staff: Manually sifting through dozens of resumes each month, straining their eyes.
• New media editors: Processing dozens of images daily, adding watermarks, resizing, and applying filters, leading to burnout.
• Salespeople: Extracting customer information from numerous Excel sheets, suffering from endless copy-pasting.
• Students: Wanting to create a beautiful resume but struggling with formatting in Word or lacking skills in design software.

In the past, our first reaction to these problems was often, “Forget it, I’ll just endure it, or pay someone to do it.” But now, with Vibe Coding, your first thought can be, “Can I write a small tool to solve this with one click?”

It hands back the ability to “solve problems” from programmers to anyone with a need. It transforms you from a “user of tools” into a “creator of tools.” This sense of control is something no existing software can provide.

Vibe Coding is Simple: Just a Fuzzy Idea and the Right AI

Many people hear the word “programming” and instinctively want to escape. But Vibe Coding is surprisingly simple.

You only need two things:

1. A fuzzy idea: It doesn’t need to be specific or even feasible. For instance, “I want my resume to look more professional,” “I want to add a cyberpunk feel to my photos,” or “I want to make the resume screening process easier.” That’s enough.

2. The right AI tool: This is the crucial part. You need an AI that can understand your “human language” and convert it into code.

You don’t need to learn GitHub, command lines, or frameworks. You simply tell the AI your needs as if you were chatting with a friend. For example, you might say, “I want to create a webpage with a button that allows me to upload an image, and it automatically applies a retro filter.” In the world of Vibe Coding, that’s sufficient. The AI will handle the rest.

AI Can Generate Code in Bulk in a Short Time

This is the most fascinating and terrifying aspect of AI—efficiency.

Previously, a programmer would take at least half a day to a day to write a simple image filter tool, from designing the interface to writing the logic code and testing it. But now, when you tell the AI your requirements, it might only take seconds to generate a runnable webpage.

Moreover, it doesn’t just produce a piece of isolated code; it generates a complete HTML file that you can open and run directly in your browser. You don’t even need to install any programming environment.

Even better, you can continuously “feed” it new ideas. For example, you might say, “This filter is too light; make it stronger,” “Add a black-and-white filter option,” or “Make the interface look nicer with a frosted glass effect.”

The AI acts like an indefatigable contractor, quickly iterating based on your “feelings” and “requirements.” Within minutes, a tool that perfectly matches your vision can be born. This instant feedback of “idea > product” is what makes Vibe Coding so addictive. It significantly lowers the barriers and costs of creation, allowing a “flash of inspiration” to instantly become “within reach.”

AiPy: A Tool That Realizes This Concept

Speaking of this, I must mention a domestic tool that has already implemented this concept—AiPy.

I have tried several similar foreign tools, such as Cursor and Copilot, which are indeed powerful, but they still have a learning curve for beginners. You need to configure environments and understand some basic concepts.

However, AiPy takes simplicity to the extreme. It fully embodies the Vibe Coding philosophy.

• Fully Chinese interface: Extremely user-friendly for domestic users, eliminating communication barriers.
• Conversational programming: You only need to express what you want in plain language, and it automatically generates code.
• One-click execution: After generating the code, it can run directly in its internal environment, allowing you to see the results immediately.
• Intelligent improvements: If you are not satisfied with the results, just tell it what’s wrong, and it will automatically analyze and modify the code until you are happy.

It acts like a considerate technical partner—you provide the imaginative requests, and it diligently helps you realize them. It transforms programming from a task requiring professional skills into a conversational game of “you say, I do.” If you’re worried about tokens running out, use the invitation code c8W3 for an instant bonus of two million tokens.

My Experience: A Business Student’s Vibe Coding in One Week

After discussing the theory, let’s get practical. I’m a standard business student who has never touched a line of code in four years of university and has had no technical involvement in my job. However, I have always been obsessed with “using technology to improve efficiency.”

Last week, I decided to try Vibe Coding with AiPy to see if I could create something. My goal was clear: to program by “speaking” without learning syntax or reading books. As a result, in one week, I produced three projects, each of which amazed me.

Project One: Resume Generator

Idea Origin: Every time I look for a job, I have to update my resume, and formatting it in Word is a nightmare—alignment, spacing, fonts, tweaking endlessly without satisfaction.

Vibe Coding Process: I opened AiPy and simply said, “Help me create an online resume generator where users can input information and generate a well-formatted resume page that can be printed directly.”

AiPy immediately started working, and within seconds, a resume generator webpage appeared before me. I tested it; the functionality was there, but the interface was a bit ugly. I then said, “The interface is too ugly; design it to be minimalist and elegant, referencing Apple’s website style.”

It quickly modified the design, and seconds later, a brand new, minimalistic resume generator emerged. I entered my information, clicked generate, and a beautifully formatted PDF resume downloaded to my computer.

Outcome: A completely personal and readily available resume generation tool. I’ll never have to ask someone else to format my resume again.

Project Two: Image Filter Tool

Idea Origin: I enjoy taking photos for social media, but the built-in filters on my phone are limited.

Vibe Coding Process: I told AiPy, “Help me create an image filter tool that allows me to upload a picture and apply various style filters, such as retro, black-and-white, cyberpunk, and Japanese fresh style, with one click.”

It quickly generated a tool. I uploaded a photo and tried the “cyberpunk” filter, which looked good, but I felt the “retro” filter wasn’t yellow enough. I told it, “Make the retro filter’s tone more yellow and increase the contrast.”

It promptly adjusted the code parameters. I uploaded the photo again, and this time the effect was perfect, capturing the essence of an old photograph.

Outcome: A personalized photo editing tool with custom filters. Friends asked what app I used, and I proudly replied, “I made it myself.” That feeling was exhilarating.

Project Three: Resume Screening Tool

Idea Origin: This was the most rewarding project for me. I’ve helped HR friends review resumes, and sifting through dozens of them, opening each one to search for keywords and assess qualifications is painfully tedious.

Vibe Coding Process: I told AiPy, “Help me create a resume screening tool. I’ll upload a bunch of resume files (PDF or Word), and then input screening criteria, like ‘3+ years of Python experience and a bachelor’s degree.’ It should automatically screen the resumes and rank them accordingly.”

This request was more complex than the previous two, but AiPy handled it excellently. It generated a tool, I uploaded ten test resumes, and input the screening criteria. Seconds later, the tool provided results, listing not only the resumes that met the criteria but also ranking them based on compatibility and highlighting matching keywords.

Outcome: An automated screening tool that saves me a significant amount of time. If I become a manager in the future, this tool will undoubtedly be my invaluable assistant.

Conclusion

In just one week, I went from zero knowledge to creating three usable tools, which would have seemed impossible to me before. Vibe Coding and AiPy made it a reality.

It made me realize that technology is no longer the exclusive domain of a few. In this AI era, “ideas” are the most important productivity. As long as you have a problem to solve and are willing to try, you can create your own tools.

Vibe Coding isn’t about making you a programmer; it’s about making you a better problem solver. It gives ordinary people a key to unlock the previously closed door of “technology.” If you’re tired of repetitive tasks and have countless moments of “if only there were a tool for this,” then give Vibe Coding and AiPy a try.

Trust me, the sense of accomplishment when you create your first project is far stronger than downloading any app. That’s the charm of Vibe Coding.