Still holding back on vibe-coding?

Nicolas Cava
Edited onEdited on Nov 11, 2025
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Still holding back on vibe-coding?

Watch how fast you get left behind.

Skip the nostalgia. Every major tech jump made engineers cringe. You don't adapt. You're gone.

Here's what's different now: 78% of startups use AI to shrink cycles from weeks to days. Prompt-first workflows ship 40% faster.

Hundreds of millions in VC money are chasing companies where the moat isn't code but command over LLMs.

The market doesn't care what language you love.

The only question: Can you make machines move with intent faster than competitors?

"Vibe-coding isn't coding." Sure. Teams using it are still shipping and going for market shares.

Open your deployment logs. Did your last feature ship because you wrote clever code? Or because you harnessed AI agents to shortcut hours of work?

Only the ego mourns for tools. Just care about leverage. Step up a level. Build with what moves fastest.

And let the rest fight about what's real.

90% of software is built on systems. Not syntax. If AI-first businesses deliver twice as much in half the time. Why romanticize bottlenecks?

Vibe-coding multiplies what you can create.

Master the intent.

P.S.

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