Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
InfoWorld

Getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio or VS Code

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to generate code, optimize code, fix bugs, and create unit tests, right from within your IDE ...

Beginner’s Guide to Running AI Locally on a PC : Tools, Tips & Real Use Cases

Learn how to run AI on your own machine in 2026 with no token limits, so you keep data private and save money, using affordable secondhand hardware.
InfoQ

Agentic Terminal - How Your Terminal Comes Alive with CLI Agents

In this article author Sachin Joglekar discusses the transformation of CLI terminals becoming agentic where developers can state goals while the AI agents plan, call tools, iterate, ask for approval ...
GitHub

navidrezadoost/dev-socks-isolation

This project provides scripts to create an isolated network environment where only your IDEs (VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, DataGrip, etc.) use a VPN connection, while the rest of your ...