The article discusses the author's experience with ChatGPT Plus, initially aimed at creating a personal archive of articles. After an engaging interaction with the tool, the author upgraded due to the successful outcome of using AI to automate content scraping and formatting. Through "vibecoding," they discovered the potential of AI to extend existing software, leading to the development of a personal plug-in for Obsidian. This process not only simplified their workflow but also opened up new possibilities for utilizing AI in daily tasks.
The idea of creating code without knowing how to code has been coined "vibecoding" by Andrej Karpathy.
ChatGPT saved me days of tedious work—and opened my eyes to what else might now be possible.
Unlike my colleague Harry McCracken, I'm not using AI to dream up entirely new apps. I already have too many apps from actual professionals.
After a few hours of vibecoding, I finally built the plug-in myself.
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