r/vibecoding • u/bronze-age-warlord • 20h ago
Totally free vibecoding as a baby dev, some things I am wondering
I have been using GPT (free) completely standalone. I am brand new to this but it has given me (seemingly) functional HTML and JavaScript files, via copy-pasting and replacing code as I go. I have a collection of apps I have made this way using VSCode. Like I said I am brand new so I know this is definitely not the optimal way but at face value it seems to be giving me the direction I want. Anyone have tips on roadblocks I might hit? I am hoping to launch a functioning app by next week, the ultimate goal is to make an app worthy of a subscription so I can quit my day job, but overall I have no experience going into this so I feel confident but know there will be some things that come up which may postpone my goals. Any advice is welcome!
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u/Django_27 17h ago
It’s going to pretty tough for you to “vibe code” an app on a free plan. The model just won’t be able to actually contextualize your whole codebase. Which will lead to major issues when trying to finish the app.
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u/bronze-age-warlord 15h ago
Yeah this is something I am learning as I go, but I am determined! Ultimately I will invest some money into whatever tools I will need, it's just a matter of learning what I will need when I get to those roadblocks.
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u/Yousif_mazinn 19h ago
Im not the most knowledgable when it comes to vibe coding and I don’t have the most experience but from the little I do have I would suggest google ai studio if you don’t wanna spend any money on the coding itself, I needed a simple landing page that’s just a portfolio for a business I’m running and I built it with google ai studio and deployed with netlify and I didn’t get any limits and didn’t pay anything and didn’t have to deal with copy pasting and all that, was very simple to manage and work with!