Opinion

June 2, 2025

My week of vibe coding and living shamelessly

To my great surprise, I made four websites (kinda). I guess I’m a software developer now


Éanna Kelly

6 min read

If you're not wearing shades, are you even vibe coding? Source: unsplash

The lovely thing about AI is that it’s shameless: it’ll try its digital hand at anything. ChatGPT has never stood in the Sistine Chapel and looked up at that ceiling but it can tell you everything about it. It can write you a novel, tell you how to find true love or build a nuclear power plant. Imagine if we all had that confidence? 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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