# Vibe coding

Concept · [Building with AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai)

Also called: vibe code, vibecoding, vibe coded, AI coding, AI-generated code

Building software by describing what you want to an AI tool and accepting the code it writes, often without reading that code closely. It is fast for a [prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype), but someone still has to check that the result is safe and reliable before customers depend on it. Tools such as [Lovable](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lovable) and v0 can assemble screens from [shadcn/ui](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shadcn-ui) components, like Lego bricks.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) asks an AI tool for a signup page and gets one in minutes. It looks finished, but nobody has checked whether one customer can see another customer's information.

## Connects to (17)

- [Prompt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prompt): The instructions or question you give an AI tool in everyday words.
- [Coding agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coding-agent): An AI agent that writes and changes code.
- [No-code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/no-code): Tools that let you build an app or site by arranging visual blocks or describing what you want, instead of writing code.
- [Vibe coding vs software engineering](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vibe-coding-vs-software-engineering): Two ways to build software with AI.
- [shadcn/ui](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/shadcn-ui): A free set of interface components, such as buttons, dialogs, forms and tables, that become part of an app's own code.
- [Prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype): An early, rough version of a product made to test an idea or show others what you mean.
- [Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code): Exact written instructions that tell a computer what to do, step by step.
- [Lovable](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lovable): An AI app builder.
- [Dark factory](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dark-factory): Part of a product where agents write and ship code that no person ever reviews.
- [ChatGPT Sites](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/chatgpt-sites): A ChatGPT and Codex feature for creating, previewing, publishing and sharing simple websites and web apps, which OpenAI hosts.
- [Replit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/replit): An online platform for writing, running and hosting code in a browser, with an AI agent that can build an app from a description.
- [Base44](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/base44): An AI app builder.
- [ProductOS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/productos): An AI platform that takes a product idea through research, a written spec, design, code and deployment, using a set of AI agents that…
- [Google AI Professional Certificate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-ai-professional-certificate): An online Google Career Certificate about using AI at work.
- [Hurricane Hackathon](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hurricane-hackathon): A 24-hour hackathon for University of Tulsa students, run by the university's AI and machine learning student club and sponsored by its…
- [v0](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/v0): Vercel's AI app builder.
- [Bolt](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bolt): StackBlitz's AI app builder at bolt.new.

## Sources

- <https://lovable.dev/guides/lovable-vs-vercel-platform-comparison-guide>
- <https://v0.app/docs/design-systems-legacy>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vibe-coding