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 tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).
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A retrospective analysis of 400 publications reveals patterns of irreproducibility across an entire life sciences research field

The ReproSci project retrospectively analyzed the reproducibility of 1006 claims from 400 papers published between 1959 and 2011 in the field of Drosophila immunity. This project attempts to provide a ...
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Turn Your Media Library Into TV Channels With This Open-Source Tool

Turn your Jellyfin or local library into ad-free TV channels you can flip through, complete with schedules, guides, and that ...
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A novel high-throughput single-cell DNA sequencing method reveals hidden genomic heterogeneity in the unicellular eukaryote Leishmania

This important study, which tackles the challenge of analyzing genome integrity and instability in unicellular pathogens by introducing a novel single-cell genomics approach, presents compelling ...

Copilot Excel AI Beginners Guide: Faster Cleaning, Smart Analysis, Python Insights

AI Copilot in Excel helps clean dates, split columns, and add currency formats, so you save time and make faster, clearer decisions.