Your New Job is Chief Vibe Officer
Your only job is to have good ideas.
Your job title just changed to Chief Vibe Officer. Your only responsibility is to have good ideas and describe them clearly.
Vibe Coding Is the New Standard for Building Software
A developer built a functional app in minutes by describing the idea, not writing the code.
Forget writing code line-by-line. The new meta is 'vibe coding', which is basically just telling an AI what you want and letting it handle the syntax. One developer on Reddit explained how they built a working calorie tracker in minutes, not by coding, but by describing the application's features and goals to an AI assistant. This isn't about laziness; it's about leverage.
The real story here is the rapid evolution of the developer's role from a writer of code to a conductor of AI. We're seeing a fundamental shift where the most effective builders are those who can clearly articulate a vision and guide autonomous systems to implement it. Your value is no longer measured in lines of code, but in the clarity of your direction and the quality of your ideas. The job is becoming less about syntax and more about strategy.
For anyone building a side project or an internal tool, this is a cheat code. The friction between an idea and a working prototype is dissolving, meaning you can validate concepts almost instantly. The bottleneck is no longer your typing speed or knowledge of a specific framework, but your ability to imagine what to build next.
The Specialist Agent Takes Over
As vibe coding becomes the standard, a new wave of specialised AI agents is emerging to handle entire job functions.
Retool AI AppGen: The AI that builds your internal tools for you
This is vibe coding for the enterprise, turning natural language prompts into secure, production-ready apps. It proves the concept scales far beyond personal projects.
QA.tech: An AI QA team that never sleeps
Instead of writing tests, you now deploy AI agents to find bugs and deliver debugging context autonomously. This is another core job function being abstracted away.
The Brief: Your new AI marketing department
This agent doesn't just write copy; it runs the entire campaign from discovery to optimisation. It's a clear sign AI is moving from task-completion to role-ownership.
Quick hits
ProhostAI: An AI butler for your Airbnb
It automates guest messages and maintenance tasks, aiming to make scaling a rental business genuinely stress-free.
Bloop: An AI prank call for your photos
This tool turns static images into funny micro-videos, proving AI's utility isn't just serious business but also creating disposable, viral fun.
TyCal: A calendar peeker for your Mac menu bar
A perfect example of a micro-utility that solves one tiny problem perfectly, reminding us that great software can just get out of the way.
My takeaway
The most valuable skill is no longer coding, but taste.
With AI handling the 'how', our primary job becomes defining the 'what' and 'why'. The tools are getting so good that the quality of the output is a direct reflection of the quality of the prompt. This elevates product thinking, design sense, and clear communication above pure technical implementation.
This is a massive opportunity for non-coders and product visionaries to build. It also means the excuses for not shipping that side project are gone. What happens when your main constraint isn't technical ability, but the quality of your ideas?
What's one idea you've shelved because the technical hurdles seemed too high?
Drop me a reply. Till next time, this is Louis, and you are reading Louis.log().