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).

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.
TMCnet

Surfshark is one of the few to add dedicated IP to the Linux GUI app

Cybersecurity company and leading VPN provider, Surfshark, introduces a dedicated IP feature for Linux operating systems. With this new addition, users get more flexibility and control over their IP ...
Microsoft

Agent Lightning: Adding reinforcement learning to AI agents without code rewrites

AI agents are reshaping software development, from writing code to carrying out complex instructions. Yet LLM-based agents are prone to errors and often perform poorly on complicated, multi-step tasks ...
winbuzzer.com

AI Obedience vs. Developer Control: Dev Says Claude Code Refused to Add Rainbows and Unicorns to His App

A developer’s fun request to add “rainbows and unicorns” to an app has sparked a debate over who is in charge of AI. This week on the forum Hacker News, a user shared how Anthropic’s Claude Code AI ...
Ars Technica

Claude Code gets a web version—but it’s the new sandboxing that really matters

Anthropic has added web and mobile interfaces for Claude Code, its immensely popular command-line interface (CLI) agentic AI coding tool. The web interface appears to be well-baked at launch, but the ...
IEEE

Automated Refactoring of Non-Idiomatic Python Code With Pythonic Idioms

Abstract: Compared to other programming languages (e.g., Java), Python has more idioms to make Python code concise and efficient. Although Pythonic idioms are well accepted in the Python community, ...