AI "Vibe Coding" Makes CEOs Developers Now

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Andrew Ng said: AI-powered "vibe coding" is making software development accessible to CEOs and non-engineers!

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Andrew Ng just dropped a take that CEOs are now "vibe coding" with AI assistance. He's calling it revolutionary for making software development accessible to non-engineers.

Here's the thing: he's both right and wrong. Yes, AI coding assistants are legitimately powerful—I've watched product managers ship full features they couldn't have touched six months ago. But vibe coding isn't replacing actual engineering.

The real story? The barrier between idea person and builder is crumbling fast. That's genuinely exciting, even if the CEO-as-coder narrative is oversold.

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Between v0's Stripe integration and Cursor's two-day trial-by-fire hiring process, the bar for shipping is simultaneously lower and higher than ever.

What are you vibing into existence this week?

Keep shipping,

P.S. If you're still manually setting up Stripe integrations instead of letting v0 do it, we need to talk about your life choices.