# How to Vibe Code

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Podcast: [The Generative AI Meetup Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-meetup)
Published: 2025-08-31T02:48:35+00:00
Episode link: https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/e/how-to-vibe-code/
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## Resource

Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@markkuczmarski896 Attend a live event: https://genaimeetup.com/ Shashank Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashu10/ Mark Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkuczmarski/ In this episode of the Generative AI Meetup Podcast, hosts Shashank (a software engineer at Google Labs working on the AI vibe design tool Stitch) and Mark (a former Amazon engineer now building a stealth startup) dive into the world of "vibe coding"—a revolutionary approach to programming inspired by AI researcher Andrei Karpathy. Vibe coding lets you focus on the big picture and product vision while letting large language models (LLMs) handle the nitty-gritty details, melting away traditional coding hurdles. Shashank walks through his weekend project, Convo (convochat.io), an AI-powered app that analyzes exported chat backups from WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, or SMS. It delivers fun stats (like 11,000 messages sent to a friend over four years), conversation summaries, sentiment analysis, and even tips for better chats—all built with minimal manual coding. The duo shares practical tips for vibe coding success: brainstorming ideas with Claude, designing UIs in Stitch, building with tools like Cursor or Replit, using Git for checkpoints, picking popular frameworks (e.g., Tailwind CSS), writing tests, debugging with logs, optimizing SEO, and branding with AI-generated logos. They discuss pros (rapid prototyping, low costs—Shashank spent just $18), cons (scaling challenges, bug fixes), and best practices for beginners, including modularity, documentation, and refactoring. Whether you're…

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