Vibe coding is nothing new
This week I wrote about the similarities between “vibe coding” and the early DIY website days such tools like Dreamweaver and FrontPage. Back then, they promised to make web design simple, but eventually got replaced by CMSs that later became bloated and overcomplicated. And here we are again, circling back to the same idea of simple, fast websites, just built differently this time.
It’s interesting to see things come full circle—where what was once old feels new again. The question is whether these modern platforms will actually fix the challenges earlier tools never could. Will AI finally make something like updating button colors across an entire site trivial? Or will it add a new kind of complexity that sends us back to the drawing board? Only time will tell.