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.
Hackaday

Arduino Hacks

Here’s something fun from [Chad Kapper] over on HackMakeMod: Escape Room Lockbox with the Cheap Yellow Display. You may have heard of the “cheap yellow display” (CYD), so-called due to the board’s ...

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

As independent AI researcher Simon Willison wrote in a post distinguishing serious AI-assisted development from casual “ vibe ...
GitHub

Arduino-Python3 Command API

This API is forked from the original Python Arduino Command API to add support for Python 3. The Arduino-Python3 Command API is a lightweight Python library for communicating with Arduino ...
GitHub

PYDAQ - Data Acquisition and Experimental Analysis with Python

This package was initially designed to use an experimental device for data acquisition and signal generation when performing different experiments, such as a step-response test. However, from version ...
IEEE

A Python-based Brain-Computer Interface Application for Controlling An Intelligent House by Using Emotiv Insight EEG Headset and Arduino Mega Development Board

Abstract: This paper aims to design, explore and experiment with a new application of the brain-computer interface research field. By implementing a Python-based programming solution to acquire and ...