AI is writing almost all startup code. That's creating a new problem.

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Code w/ Claude event
Branding at the entrance to Anthropic PBC's Code with Claude developer conference in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

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A fintech company said its employee burned through $80,000 in tokens making a 'brainrot shooter game'

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A screenshot of the shooter game that Slash's employee vibe coded.
Slash's employee AI coded a shooter game and accidentally billed the company $80,000 for it.

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I lost my job, got divorced, and had to move within weeks. I found purpose in building a layoff support tool.

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Amanda Snyder Cathey
Amanda Snyder Cathey built a free layoff support tool.

Stephanie Alvarez Ewens

Inside the unseen operation to turbocharge Claude Code

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Code w/ Claude event
Training Claude to get better at coding requires input from thousands of human software engineers.

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I built an AI content tool for creators that hit $50,000 in revenue in 6 weeks. Here's what it takes to vibe code successfully.

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Vitalii Dodonov.

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I vibe-coded a billionaire jet tracker to warn people about a possible apocalypse. Then the data started getting weird.

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Kyle McDonald's Apocalypse Early Warning System features a world map with the approximate locations of more than 35,000 private and business jets.
Kyle McDonald's Apocalypse Early Warning System features a world map with the approximate locations of more than 35,000 private and business jets.

Kyle McDonald's Apocalypse Early Warning System

I'm a college senior who built a vintage clothing marketplace with Claude. It took me 5 days to build the pilot.

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Hana Elster at a pop-up for her business.
Hana Elster vibe-coded a vintage marketplace app during winter break.

Hana Elster

Our survey about vibe coding became a vent session for the AI haters

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Boris Cherny talks at San Francisco's Code with Claude developer conference.
Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code.

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My son taught me AI coding at 73. I was scared to hit 'enter' — now I feel free.

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Kevin Masterson and Carol Merlo are pictured.
Carol Merlo built websites with WordPress, Weebly, and Wix. Her son, Kevin Masterson, taught her to vibe code her own with Claude Code.

Kevin Masterson

I built a Pinterest-inspired web app. It's cute, but it shows how coding with AI falls short.

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A top view of Dreamscapes displayed on a work computer.
"Dreamscapes" is an app I custom-built for a friend, who wanted a scrapbook-style web app inspired by Pinterest.

Cheryl Teh

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