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.
IEEE

2D DOA Estimation for Multiple Parallel Sparse Linear Arrays via Recursive Roots Finding

Abstract: Multiple parallel sparse linear arrays (MPSLAs) can be strategically deployed in two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) space, offering a unique advantage by enabling easy conformal ...
GitHub

DiffMOT: A Real-time Diffusion-based Multiple Object Tracker with Non-linear Prediction

The tracking speed (including detection and tracking speed) is test on an RTX 3090 GPU. Smaller detectors can achieve higher FPS, which indicates that DiffMOT can flexibly choose different detectors ...