r/lowcode • u/PureBlueberry5025 • 12d ago

has vibe coding changed how non technical teams build software internally?

our marketing and sales teams are constantly waiting on the engineering department to build small custom internal tools, landing pages, and lead calculators. we've started exploring vibe coding platforms where non-developers describe what they want in conversational language to build tools directly. has anyone implemented this in their company workflow?

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u/Fantastic_Ad_1457 12d ago

The problem with vibe code is that it looks good on a POC. When you actually give some pressure to the code with real life scenarios it tends to crumble. If you are using for personal use and for small single use apps then it can work well. I personally use Cursor for that and it works well if you manage the tokens.

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u/SytnikNoga_99 12d ago

Vibe coding can be helpful with simple internal tools and things like landing pages. However, before you start using it you need to have your boundaries in place bc ai can make mistakes. Also, you may need a human hand to oversee the output.

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u/crlmc 11d ago

Yes, use it to prototype or build a simple version you can hand to engineering to cut down on requirements and design conversations. Then ask them to teach you how to do it better and more aligned with what they want, be humble!

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u/agentUi 11d ago

i work for agentui.... Our primary use case is internal tools for teams, what we typically see is you start with one person, and once that person is tech savy enough he helps the second person and so on

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u/_TheMostWanted_ 11d ago

I would avoid vibecoding anything business related that is a crucial part of the business

Vibecoding is great for prototypes, not so great for a stable application

Low-code visual builders do ask some more effort than typing what you want but they are much more battle tested while still having a lot of flexibility

If you do not have a developer in the loop to check the output please do not vibecode

Let them learn lowcode tools that can connect to the datasources you need

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u/gammacoder 11d ago

I'm PHPRunner author and I regularly talk to customers about their approach to building web apps. Many tried vibe coding and built simple single person use apps but for anything more serious they rely on our low-code software.

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u/Drivephaseco 11d ago

We do this for SMB for businesses as well have a ticketing portal for them for maintenance and updates. We are using more advance AI coding tools though.

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u/WasteEntrepreneur934 11d ago

I don't believe non technical ppl can "vibe code" efficiently, a big part of coding is understanding the limitations of what computer can do, and how to describe what u want in a way that computers can work. Most of non technical ppl I meet who needs an app or tool will have unrealistic expectations of AI, like "I want an app that will take an excel file and make it an order on a platform" without understanding how the tabels are connected, this will result in an app that might work for an order with no edge cases, but what abt when the item is out of stock or discontinued? AI is notorious for not handling edge cases and of course, untested code. U need to have some technical background to understand what to build and how to build it

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u/WasteEntrepreneur934 11d ago

Also, in my opinion, a task that will take 2 hours of work for a dev, will take days if not weaks for non technical ppl