5 things I learned after vibe coding my first app
Megan Ellis / Android Authority Vibe coding is easier than ever thanks to the diversity of tools available for developers and novices alike. While it would take hours or even…
Chinese AI developer MiniMax launches M3, a new coding model that it says rivals Opus 4.7, costing $0.12 per 1M input tokens, compared with $5 for Opus 4.7 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
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Cognition’s Scott Wu says AI coding agents shouldn’t replace humans
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Replit says it has “worked things out with Apple”, which has approved a Replit update after four months, following a reported dispute over vibe coding apps (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
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Q&A with Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, which hit a $445M revenue run rate in its first 18 months, on his math competition roots, the Devin AI coding agent, more (Jeremy Stern/Colossus)
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5K+ web apps built using AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit had little to no authentication, and ~40% of them exposed sensitive data (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
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Apple’s handling of vibe coding apps draws complaints from startups like Replit and Anything that iOS App Store rules for their apps are applied erratically (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
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OpenAI releases Symphony, an open-source spec for agent orchestration that turns a project-management board like Linear into a control plane for coding agents (OpenAI)
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