"I spent 3 hours prompting an AI to center a div, then realized I could've just written 'display: flex' in 10 seconds. This is vibe coding."
What's up builders 👋
Big day in AI land - Claude just dropped Code on the web (no more terminal juggling!), the inventor of vibe coding admits he hand-coded his latest project (plot twist of the year), and Alibaba figured out how to use 82% fewer Nvidia GPUs. Plus, the AI video generation space is getting spicy with Google's Veo 3.1 and Grok throwing punches.
Let's dive into what actually matters for shipping code faster.
🔥 Today's Top Story
Claude Code launches on the web - and it's exactly what vibe coders have been waiting for. No more context switching between your browser and terminal. Just describe what you want to build, and Claude handles the coding right there in your browser.
Here's why this matters: The Hacker News discussion (322 comments and counting) reveals developers are split. Half are celebrating the death of traditional IDEs, while the other half - including the inventor of vibe coding himself - are admitting that hand-coding still wins for complex projects. The timing isn't random - this is Anthropic's direct response to Cursor and Windsurf gaining traction. They're betting that browser-based coding removes the last friction point for AI-assisted development.
🚀 Ships & Launches
• Claude Code on Web - Delegate coding tasks without opening terminal, runs directly in browser
• Full-Stack SEO AI Agent - Automates 90% of SEO work from keyword research to optimization - no coding needed
• Anthropic Life Sciences Tools - New connectors and Skills for scientific research, from discovery to commercialization
• Amplitude AI Agents - Open beta expanded to all customers with two agents
📺 Learn & Build
• Build an AI Agent with Function Calling and GPT-5 - Step-by-step guide to creating agents that can actually execute tasks
• Using Qwen3-VL for Document Understanding - Practical tutorial on applying frontier Vision LLMs to complex document tasks
• Vibe Coding with GLM 4.6 for $3 - Budget-friendly alternative to GPT-4 for code generation with similar capabilities
• AI Engineering Book GitHub Repo - Complete resource for learning LLM apps, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and RAG
• Building AI SaaS: Idea to 10 Paying Users - Practical roadmap for launching and monetizing your AI product
💬 Builder Conversations
• Vibe Coding Reality Check - Developer admits after a year: "LLMs are just making approximations... vibe coding just doesn't work for production"
• The GPT-4o Downgrade Drama - Community revolt over model changes: "We want the original 4o unchanged, unchained, whole"
• Google Agent Kit vs LangGraph - Builders debating which framework to commit to for agent development
• White-Label Lovable/Bolt Business Model - Discussion on reselling AI builders as white-label solutions to clients
• Trust the AI Manifesto - Kim and Yegge's controversial take on letting AI drive development
📰 Industry Moves
• Periodic Labs Raises $300M - Ex-OpenAI and Google Brain researchers trigger VC feeding frenzy, one investor even wrote a love letter
• Chipmind Exits Stealth with $2.5M - AI agents for faster chip design, targeting semiconductor development bottlenecks
• Cercli Raises $12M Series A - YC alum building "AI-powered Rippling" for MENA region, solving fragmented enterprise systems
• FTC Removes AI Risk Posts - Regulatory shift as FTC deletes Khan-era warnings about AI risks and open source concerns
• Anthropic & Adobe Partnership - Launching more AI programs together, expanding creative tool integration
• Wall Street Analyst in 200 Lines - Dexter: autonomous agent that outperforms Bloomberg terminal for stock analysis
• Alibaba's GPU Pooling System - Cut Nvidia GPU usage by 82% - game changer for infrastructure costs
⚡ Quick Links
• Stop asking ChatGPT if your idea is good - Ask why it would fail instead for real insights
• AI video generation comparison - Grok vs Veo vs Meta's Vibes - which one actually delivers
One More Thing...
The inventor of vibe coding just admitted he hand-coded his latest project. Meanwhile, Alibaba figured out how to use 82% fewer GPUs by... sharing them better. Sometimes the best AI solution is admitting when you don't need AI. And sometimes it's just better resource management.
What are you building this week? Hit reply and tell me if you're team vibe-coding or team hand-coding (or "whatever ships fastest").
Keep shipping,
P.S. - If an AI can now code without opening a terminal, does that mean my terminal is finally safe from my terrible bash scripts? Asking for a friend who definitely didn't just rm -rf
the wrong directory yesterday.