Vibe Coding 101: The No-Code Stack for Modern Founders
Founder OS: How AI-powered no-code tools are reshaping how modern founders build and launch software in 2025.
From Code to Conversation: A New Development Philosophy
A founder opens Claude and types: “Build me a waitlist app with email capture and a dashboard to view signups.”
Ten minutes later, it’s live on Vercel. No engineers hired. No tickets opened. Just vibes.
That’s what we now call vibe coding.
The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy earlier this year, and it describes a new way of building software. One where the developer’s role switches from writing syntax to prompting intentions.
It’s not programming in the traditional sense. It’s a back-and-forth conversation with an AI tool that already knows how to code.
You simply describe what you want and the AI generates the code. You test it. Then refine. The loop is fast, forgiving, and completely redefining how technical work gets done.
What makes vibe coding different from older no-code tools is that you’re not locked into rigid interfaces or workflows. You’re working with real code, but you're not writing it line by line. Instead, you're collaborating with tools like Cursor, Claude, and GPT-4o to generate, revise, and extend software through natural language.
The experience feels more like pair-programming with a genius intern than clicking around a drag-and-drop builder.
And suddenly, the fundamental ideas of starting a business have changed completely. You no longer need to be an engineer to build products. Domain experts, solo founders, even non-technical operators are spinning up full-stack products simply by describing what they want.
That barrier between idea and execution is evaporating.
The tools finally caught up. And the mindset “I don’t code, I converse” is spreading fast.
Table of Contents
1. The Modern No-Code (Vibe‑Code) Stack
2. What It Means to Be “Technical” Has Changed
3. New Workflows, New Mindsets
4. Where Vibe Coding Shines and Where It Doesn’t
5. New Roles Are Emerging
6. Vibe Coding Is a Gateway to Real Code
7. Build With Vision, Not Just Tools
1. The Modern No-Code (Vibe‑Code) Stack
If vibe coding is a conversation, the tools are your interpreters.
Today’s founders use a modular stack of AI-native, no-code, and low-code platforms to build surprisingly complete products, fast. These tools aren’t new individually. What’s changed is how seamlessly they interact when driven by AI.
Here’s a practical stack most founders use in 2025, along with how each fits into the vibe workflow:
How They All Work Together
Here’s a practical walkthrough:
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