The term vibecoding has been making waves lately, especially in AI and tech circles. For some, it’s just another buzzword; for others, it’s a completely new way of working. I discovered it at the beginning of the year while traveling through Thailand. I had one specific problem to solve. Fast forward to today, and I have hundreds of hours of vibecoding under my belt, several shipped apps, websites, and most importantly—a completely different mindset about what I can build entirely on my own.
So, what exactly did I achieve from the other side of the world in just two months?
Vibe… what? It All Started with a Problem
In the beginning, there was no grand vision of me pumping out functional apps from the beach in a matter of hours. It started with a simple, annoying problem.
For our Meet&Deal project, we needed a way to bulk-remove backgrounds from photos of people attending our events. Graphic designers were quoting absurd prices for this routine task, and I started getting frustrated that I had to keep paying someone for something so trivial.
There had to be a way to do it quickly, cheaply, and ideally, automatically. So, I decided to try building my own app for it.
We were in Thailand at the time. I had free time, a solid internet connection, and AI tools. Within a few days, I realized two major things:
- It’s actually possible.
- Once you start, a whole new world of opportunities opens up.
From that moment on, I went all in on vibecoding.
Hundreds of Hours and Multiple Projects
Over the last two months, I’ve “vibecoded” for hundreds of hours. The result isn’t just one experimental project, but several fully functional assets that, until recently, would have required weeks of developer time and budgets in the tens of thousands of crowns (and I’m probably underestimating that).
The Transformation of My Personal Blog My website andrekohout.cz went through a massive overhaul. I made it completely bilingual, which included translating and indexing over 120 blog articles. The whole process took a few hours of my time and a couple of dollars in AI API calls.
Redesigning NetworkingAkce.cz on a Dime My other project, NetworkingAkce.cz, has a similar story. The original version of this site cost roughly 40,000 CZK to build. Thanks to vibecoding, I managed to:
- Completely redesign the platform.
- Rebuild the functionality for paid users.
- Add advanced search features.
- Create a custom admin dashboard.
- Automate the aggregation of new events.
Today, the system automatically checks over 120 sources daily to pull in new networking events. All of this costs me just a few hours of my time and a few bucks a month.
Meet&Deal is Changing the Game
Another thing I’ve wanted to do for a long time was transform our social media strategy and the entire concept of Meet&Deal.
I didn’t want our content to just be boring announcements that an event is coming or an event happened. I wanted to turn it into a real media platform for business professionals.
Vibecoding allowed me to build an internal app that monitors dozens of media outlets every half hour. If news drops about a deal, investment, or acquisition, the AI automatically rewrites the article into our brand’s tone of voice. After I approve it, the system generates the graphics and the social media copy.
The next step? Publishing it across our networks with a single click.
The Backend We Always Needed
Speaking of Meet&Deal, I’m also working on a brand-new website.
It won’t just be a simple frontend for buying tickets. I want a robust backend to manage guest lists, graphics, content, and all the other moving parts we currently have scattered across different tools. When is it dropping? Stay tuned. You’ll hear about it soon.
The Biggest Shift: Who Are the Developers Now?
The most important takeaway here isn’t just one specific project. It’s the shift in mindset.
In the past, I was 100% reliant on developers for websites and apps. The moment I wanted to tweak or build anything, I had to message someone, wait for their availability, and pay a hefty invoice.
Today, that 100% has dropped to about 5 to 10%. And even then, it’s mostly just when I want support from someone who has tackled a highly specific, complex issue before. I handle the rest myself with AI.
I don’t know how to code. But when I don’t know something, Claude Code does. I work with it locally in my terminal and use it to build everything from websites and automations to small internal apps.
Will Vibecoding Save You Time? Well…
Vibecoding has one very interesting paradox. We all assume it’s going to save us time. But that’s not entirely true.
The time you save using AI is almost immediately invested into other things you want to streamline, automate, or build. Instead of having more free time, you suddenly just have more projects running.
But honestly? It is one of the most fun and creative ways to work I’ve experienced in years. You should try it, too.
Start Vibecoding Today
If this topic sparks your interest, I have one simple recommendation for you: Start small.
Build a simple website. Or a tiny app for a task you do every day. Once you grasp the basic principles of communicating with the AI, you’ll naturally start adding more features and tackling more complex builds.
Suddenly, you’ll find yourself accessing data and possibilities you would never have reached on your own.
While it might not replace standard SaaS tools completely, vibecoding absolutely changes the rules of the game and how we think about development.
How to Get Started? Here’s a Guide
During our last vibecoding session in the Meet&Deal COMMUNITY, we realized something. Wait—Meet&Deal COMMUNITY? I hinted earlier that Meet&Deal is changing the game, and this just proves it.
I built the community website using vibecoding, too. The COMMUNITY is made up of people who share one common trait: they want to learn, grow personally and professionally, and are deadly serious about their business. Check it out. It might be exactly what you’re looking for.
But back to the point.
The biggest hurdle for beginners isn’t the vibecoding itself. Most often, the biggest bottleneck is just getting Claude Coderunning locally on your machine. That’s why I put together a simple, step-by-step document that will guide you through it.
👉 You can find the guide here: mitdyl.cz/vibecoding
You might just discover exactly what I did: once you start vibecoding, you completely change how you think about what is possible to create.
Either way… Go for it.
