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.
InfoWorld

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE ...

Microsoft Copilot Studio extension for VS Code now publicly available

Microsoft announced that the Copilot Studio extension for the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) integrated development environment ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Hands On with New Experimental GitHub Copilot 'Agent Skills' in VS Code

Visual Studio Code 1.108 introduces Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot, enabling developers to define reusable, domain-specific ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code December 2025 Update Puts AI 'Agent Skills' Front and Center

Visual Studio Code 1.108 expands AI capabilities with experimental Agent Skills for Copilot, alongside updates to chat ...

Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now

It was on a very silly project, but with even Linux's creator now using AI, the debate over code quality, maintainability, and developer skills is likely to intensify.
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5 VS Code alternatives optimized for specific jobs

Antigravity is a proprietary fork of VS Code that tightly integrates Google's Gemini 3 models, giving you an edge if you want ...