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Vibe Coding by Example
Building Software Through Conversation with Claude Opus 4.5
The way software gets built has fundamentally changed. When AI researcher Andrej Karpathy introduced the concept of "vibe coding" in February 2025—describing the practice of "fully giving in to the VIBEs" of AI-generated code—he articulated a transformation already underway. Now, with Claude Opus 4.5's revolutionary agentic capabilities, that transformation has accelerated beyond what anyone anticipated.
This comprehensive guide teaches you to build real software through natural language conversation with the most advanced AI coding assistant available. Unlike earlier approaches that required copying code from chat windows into your editor, Claude Opus 4.5 creates project structures directly on your computer, writes files to your file system, researches documentation in real time, and iterates toward polished solutions with you as the creative director rather than the transcriptionist.
The book progresses through increasingly sophisticated projects that teach both VIBE coding techniques and fundamental software development concepts. You'll start by creating responsive personal websites with modern CSS, accessibility features, and dark mode support. You'll build interactive portfolio sites with filterable project galleries and animated timelines. A complete task management application teaches state management, local storage, and CRUD operations. An e-commerce platform introduces product catalogs, shopping carts, and Stripe payment integration. A full-stack knowledge management system demonstrates database design with SQLAlchemy, RESTful APIs with Flask, and React frontend development. The book culminates in a neural-symbolic machine learning project that bridges cutting-edge AI research with practical implementation.
Each project demonstrates the agentic development workflow that distinguishes modern VIBE coding from simple code generation. You'll learn to describe requirements at high levels of abstraction, review what Claude creates directly in your project directory, request specific refinements, and iterate until your vision is realized. You'll develop the critical evaluation skills that matter most when AI handles implementation details—understanding when generated code meets your needs and when it requires adjustment.
The book addresses Claude Opus 4.5's distinctive capabilities throughout. Computer use allows Claude to create and modify files, organize project structures, and execute commands within your development environment. Web search integration enables real-time research of current documentation and best practices during development. Extended thinking supports deeper reasoning for complex architectural decisions. The 200K token context window maintains awareness of entire applications simultaneously, ensuring consistency across files throughout extended development sessions.
The evidence for VIBE coding's impact is compelling. A quarter of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 cohort built applications with codebases approximately ninety-five percent AI-generated. Individual developers have created applications generating over a million dollars in annual recurring revenue within weeks. Major financial institutions have deployed AI coding tools to tens of thousands of developers. This isn't a future possibility—it's the present reality of software development.
The future of programming is conversational, collaborative, and more accessible than ever before. This book shows you how to be part of it.
The way software gets built has fundamentally changed. When AI researcher Andrej Karpathy introduced the concept of "vibe coding" in February 2025—describing the practice of "fully giving in to the VIBEs" of AI-generated code—he articulated a transformation already underway. Now, with Claude Opus 4.5's revolutionary agentic capabilities, that transformation has accelerated beyond what anyone anticipated.
This comprehensive guide teaches you to build real software through natural language conversation with the most advanced AI coding assistant available. Unlike earlier approaches that required copying code from chat windows into your editor, Claude Opus 4.5 creates project structures directly on your computer, writes files to your file system, researches documentation in real time, and iterates toward polished solutions with you as the creative director rather than the transcriptionist.
The book progresses through increasingly sophisticated projects that teach both VIBE coding techniques and fundamental software development concepts. You'll start by creating responsive personal websites with modern CSS, accessibility features, and dark mode support. You'll build interactive portfolio sites with filterable project galleries and animated timelines. A complete task management application teaches state management, local storage, and CRUD operations. An e-commerce platform introduces product catalogs, shopping carts, and Stripe payment integration. A full-stack knowledge management system demonstrates database design with SQLAlchemy, RESTful APIs with Flask, and React frontend development. The book culminates in a neural-symbolic machine learning project that bridges cutting-edge AI research with practical implementation.
Each project demonstrates the agentic development workflow that distinguishes modern VIBE coding from simple code generation. You'll learn to describe requirements at high levels of abstraction, review what Claude creates directly in your project directory, request specific refinements, and iterate until your vision is realized. You'll develop the critical evaluation skills that matter most when AI handles implementation details—understanding when generated code meets your needs and when it requires adjustment.
The book addresses Claude Opus 4.5's distinctive capabilities throughout. Computer use allows Claude to create and modify files, organize project structures, and execute commands within your development environment. Web search integration enables real-time research of current documentation and best practices during development. Extended thinking supports deeper reasoning for complex architectural decisions. The 200K token context window maintains awareness of entire applications simultaneously, ensuring consistency across files throughout extended development sessions.
The evidence for VIBE coding's impact is compelling. A quarter of Y Combinator's Winter 2025 cohort built applications with codebases approximately ninety-five percent AI-generated. Individual developers have created applications generating over a million dollars in annual recurring revenue within weeks. Major financial institutions have deployed AI coding tools to tens of thousands of developers. This isn't a future possibility—it's the present reality of software development.
The future of programming is conversational, collaborative, and more accessible than ever before. This book shows you how to be part of it.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 9, 2025
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H. Peter Alesso
75 books471 followersI love words, but that wasn't always true. I grew up with a talent for numbers, leading me to follow a different path. I went to Annapolis and MIT and became a nuclear physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Only after I retired was my desire to tell stories reawakened.
In recent years, I have immersed myself in the world of words, drawing on my scientific knowledge and personal experience to shape my writing.
As a scientist, I explored physics and technology, which enabled me to create informative and insightful books, sharing my knowledge with readers who sought to expand their understanding in these areas—contributing to their intellectual growth while satisfying my own passion.
But it was my time as a naval officer that ignited my imagination and propelled me into science fiction. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy and serving on nuclear submarines during both hot and cold wars, I witnessed firsthand the complexities and challenges of military operations that seamen face daily.
This allowed me a unique perspective, which I channeled into creating Henry Gallant and a 22nd-century world where a space officer fought against invading aliens. Through this narrative, I explored the depths of human resilience, the mysteries of space, and the intricacies of military conflict.
My stories let me share the highlights of my journey with you. I hope you enjoy the ride. (www.hpeteralesso.com)
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In recent years, I have immersed myself in the world of words, drawing on my scientific knowledge and personal experience to shape my writing.
As a scientist, I explored physics and technology, which enabled me to create informative and insightful books, sharing my knowledge with readers who sought to expand their understanding in these areas—contributing to their intellectual growth while satisfying my own passion.
But it was my time as a naval officer that ignited my imagination and propelled me into science fiction. After graduating from the United States Naval Academy and serving on nuclear submarines during both hot and cold wars, I witnessed firsthand the complexities and challenges of military operations that seamen face daily.
This allowed me a unique perspective, which I channeled into creating Henry Gallant and a 22nd-century world where a space officer fought against invading aliens. Through this narrative, I explored the depths of human resilience, the mysteries of space, and the intricacies of military conflict.
My stories let me share the highlights of my journey with you. I hope you enjoy the ride. (www.hpeteralesso.com)
H. Peter Alesso Amazon Author Page"
https://www.amazon.com/H.-Peter-Aless...
'The Henry Gallant Sage' Facebook page:
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website: https://www.ai-hive.net/
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November 19, 2025
This was a constructive set of exercises to explore vibe coding, defines as AI writes the code, but guided by your prompts. Each chapter builds an application of some type using a series of one paragraph prompts.
The good: they communicate that to make this work, you have to have a plan. And after each paragraph prompt, the AI makes a plan and executes the plan to fill the request. The prompts clearly demonstrate that you need to have an idea how this should work. Even when it does not work, the types of mistakes are instructive. I also like how test suites are an integral part of development. Watching the AI write a test suite, then fix the failure was a dose of confidence.
The not-so-good: it does not give an ovall framework on how to approach programming with and AI. I get that the individual paragraphs have a form, but not the whole process of designing the prompts. Of course this is based on the presumption that you know how these programs should be designed.
The book is written using Anthropic Claude Code. I repeated the exercises using Neovim with Gemini CLI. The lessons still work.
The good: they communicate that to make this work, you have to have a plan. And after each paragraph prompt, the AI makes a plan and executes the plan to fill the request. The prompts clearly demonstrate that you need to have an idea how this should work. Even when it does not work, the types of mistakes are instructive. I also like how test suites are an integral part of development. Watching the AI write a test suite, then fix the failure was a dose of confidence.
The not-so-good: it does not give an ovall framework on how to approach programming with and AI. I get that the individual paragraphs have a form, but not the whole process of designing the prompts. Of course this is based on the presumption that you know how these programs should be designed.
The book is written using Anthropic Claude Code. I repeated the exercises using Neovim with Gemini CLI. The lessons still work.
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