Vibe Coding with Claude: How I Build Things Without Writing Code

So there’s this term going around — “vibe coding” — and when I first heard it I thought, wait, that’s literally what I’ve been doing for months. I just didn’t have a cool name for it.

Vibe coding is basically this: instead of writing code yourself, you describe what you want to an AI tool, and it builds it for you. You give the vibe, the direction, the intention — and AI handles the actual programming.

And honestly, for someone like me who can’t write a single line of Python, this is everything.

What Vibe Coding Actually Looks Like

Let me give you a real example from yesterday. I wanted a dashboard for my website that shows all the AI agents I’ve built, their status, and what’s coming next.

I opened Claude Code and said something like: “I want a dashboard page for my website that shows all my AI agents with their status — active, in development, planned. Each agent should have an icon, description, and the tools it uses. Make it look clean and professional with a dark tech design.”

Claude built the entire page. HTML, styling, interactivity, everything. I looked at it, said “the cards need more spacing and add a roadmap section at the bottom,” and Claude updated it.

That’s vibe coding. I described what I wanted, Claude built it, I gave feedback, we iterated. No programming knowledge required. Just the ability to describe what you want clearly.

Why Claude Code is Perfect for This

I’ve tested multiple AI tools for vibe coding, and for me Claude Code wins for a few reasons:

It sees your files. Claude Code lives inside your project. It can read your existing code, understand your structure, and build things that fit. When I ask for a new page, it already knows my design system, my components, my color palette.

The CLAUDE.md system. This is a file that tells Claude everything about your project — like an employee handbook for AI. Once you set it up, Claude follows your rules automatically. My CLAUDE.md says things like “I’m a marketer, not a developer” and “use Tailwind for styling” and Claude just knows.

It iterates fast. You describe, it builds, you give feedback, it improves. The cycle takes minutes, not hours. I’ve gone from idea to deployed website feature in 30 minutes.

Subscription pricing. Claude Code Pro is about €20/month. That’s it. No per-line charges, no complicated API billing. Just a subscription.

What I’ve Vibe-Coded So Far

To give you an idea of what’s possible without writing code:

• This entire website — every page, every component, every design element
• A book production pipeline — 5 tools that take a book concept and deliver a finished manuscript
• A LinkedIn content generator — writes posts in my actual voice
• A YouTube script generator — creates tutorial scripts with screen directions
• An Amazon keyword research system — scrapes Amazon and scores opportunities
• A command center dashboard — monitors my entire business operation

All of this. Without writing code. By describing what I wanted and working together with Claude to make it real.

How to Start Vibe Coding

If you want to try this yourself:

1. Get Claude Code — Claude Pro subscription, about €20/month
2. Create a project folder — just a normal folder on your computer
3. Write a CLAUDE.md — even 5 lines describing what your project is
4. Open Claude Code and describe what you want — be specific about the result, not the code
5. Iterate — the first version won’t be perfect. Give feedback and let Claude improve it.

The skill isn’t programming. It’s communication. Knowing what you want and describing it clearly. And if you’re a marketer or business owner, you already do this every day — briefing designers, writing specs, describing campaign goals.

Vibe coding is just applying that same skill to building software.

The Bigger Picture

I think vibe coding is going to change who can build things with technology. For decades, the barrier was “learn to code.” Now the barrier is “learn to describe what you want.”

That’s a much lower barrier. And it means that people with domain expertise — marketers, business owners, consultants, creators — can finally build the tools they need without hiring developers or learning programming.

I’m a marketer from the Netherlands. I can’t write Python. And I’m running a business with 90+ automated tools that I vibe-coded into existence.

If I can do it, what’s stopping you?

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Want to go deeper? My book “Claude Code: The Complete Guide” covers everything from setup to building your own AI agents — all through vibe coding. No programming required.