Vibe Coding

Reality Check

I Vibe-Coded My Own PDF Editor. Making It Reliable Was the Real Work, and Worth It

Bright isometric illustration of a laptop with a document page lifted above the keyboard and scanned by a thin turquoise beam, one small region of the page glowing warm orange, sky-blue background

An AI coding agent built me a working PDF editor from a one-sentence brief in a day. Six days of versions later, I know what real files break, why I enhanced the tool instead of throwing it away, and a checklist for anyone who relies on a vibe-coded tool.

Thorsten Meyer
November 13, 2026

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Reality Check

Two Sentences Against Clones: Claude Code Now Refuses to Recreate Existing Games. Where the Copyright Line Really Is

A small wooden game figure standing next to a plain white copy of itself on a bright desk

Anthropic has added two sentences to Claude Code: build original games and genre games, but not “a recreation of a specific existing game, even if it is renamed or called original.” Anthropic confirmed the change on 30 October, citing its usage policy. What changed, where clone and inspiration part ways in copyright law, how OpenAI and Google compare, and what it means for studios, companies and players.

Thorsten Meyer
October 31, 2026

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AI & Work

Five Days, Sixteen Versions, Nineteen Games: What I Learned Building a Retirement Countdown with an AI Coding Agent

3D harbour promenade at sunrise with a calendar-week gate over the path, from the Altersteilzeit browser game

A one-minute film became a daily countdown, nineteen 3D games, a narrator in twelve languages and a public website in five days. What the AI coding agent did, and what stayed with me.

Thorsten Meyer
October 13, 2026

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AI & Work

The Rise of Vibe Coding: A New Paradigm in Human–AI Collaboration

Greatly transforming software development, vibe coding introduces a new human–AI collaboration that promises to redefine how we create applications—discover how it unfolds.

Thorsten Meyer
October 17, 2025

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I Vibe-Coded My Own PDF Editor. Making It Reliable Was the Real Work, and Worth It

Two Sentences Against Clones: Claude Code Now Refuses to Recreate Existing Games. Where the Copyright Line Really Is

Five Days, Sixteen Versions, Nineteen Games: What I Learned Building a Retirement Countdown with an AI Coding Agent

The Rise of Vibe Coding: A New Paradigm in Human–AI Collaboration

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