Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.

I used Claude Code to vibe code a Mac app in 8 hours, and it was more work than magic

There is no flow state that comes from building a Mac app using AI with Claude Code. If you've ever managed programmers, you know what using Claude Code feels like. It is an enormous force multiplier, ...
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Output from vibe coding tools prone to critical security flaws, study finds

The assessment, which it conducted in December 2025, compared five of the best-known vibe coding tools — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Replit, and Devin — by using pre-defined prompts to build ...

Malicious GhostPoster browser extensions found with 840,000 installs

Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge ...

A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data ...
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Please stop over-coding your website: Use these 8 native HTML tags instead

HTML has supported multimedia elements—images, video, audio—for many decades, but the latter two required browser plugins ...

6 years ago, an MMO player of focus, commitment, and sheer will demanded a pair of custom sandals in-game – at long last, the devs decide "it's time" to add them

In a January blog post covering changes to "getting around" the game, Jagex reveals the Holy Moleys alongside potential ...