Jason M. Lemkin describes Vibe, a coding platform where AI agents build and edit live production code without separate staging environments. He built a fully functional VC podcast app with rankings and email notifications in 30 minutes, and says he's gotten so absorbed he's missed board meetings.
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I was just using a Vibe coding platform, um, that is used by many. And I did not, I did not understand that it, that the agent helped me build the website, build the platform, but also change any line of code, even when it was out in the wild, even when it was out in the real world. I did not understand. Obviously for folks that haven't done it, they, it'll be new to them. They, we have preview staging and, and production servers. It's been done since the dawn of web software. You had 3, you have preview, which is what I fewer guys work on in the office, right? Then when you're ready to go, go out in the real world, you put it up on staging. So you carefully test it. It simulates the real world. It's locked down. It's run as close to the real world as humanly possible, but you're not exposing it to customers and customer data. And then when you find they're comfortable on staging, you flip it into the real world production and it's— that's locked the hell down. It can't be touched. And for these Vibe apps to roll at the pace they do, which is— I mean, Harry, I've been addicted for real. Not, not a joke. You saw me. I, I miss board meetings. When I was vibe coding. I even last night I got a DM from the CEO of Gorgeous. They're coming up 100 million. Are you coming to the board meeting this week? I'm like, well, there's what? This is not a joke. I forgot. I didn't read my emails. Okay. I was, I was addicted. I love, I love vibe coding. I love it. I love these apps. But one of the reasons they're so fast and agile is everything shares the same database. It all shares the same code. So that's really fun when you start a project, right? Because it works at light speed. I mean, it's magic, dude. Like go to Lovable. Or any of these apps and type in, I want to build an app for VCs that do weekly podcasts and share data. I want to see who's in what deal. I want you to research it. I want you to force rank them each week for fun and then email, email everyone and tell them who's best. You can build that in 30 minutes.
