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.

OpenAI Codex Made Simple, from Installation to MCP Tools & VSCode Tips

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Output from vibe coding tools prone to critical security flaws, study finds

The assessment, which it conducted in December 2025, compared five of the best-known vibe coding tools — Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Replit, and Devin — by using pre-defined prompts to build ...

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Zed is the speed demon that makes VS Code and Antigravity feel sluggish

VS Code and Antigravity are both Electron apps, which means they're essentially running a Chromium browser with your editor ...