I tried vibe coding an app as a beginner - here's what Cursor and Replit taught me

I tried four vibe-coding tools, including Cursor and Replit, with no coding background. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

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.
eLife

A retrospective analysis of 400 publications reveals patterns of irreproducibility across an entire life sciences research field

The ReproSci project retrospectively analyzed the reproducibility of 1006 claims from 400 papers published between 1959 and 2011 in the field of Drosophila immunity. This project attempts to provide a ...
Digital Production

CardCutter turns texture into Nanite meshes

CardCutter Blender addon converts mask textures into Nanite-ready meshes for Unreal Engine foliage and decal workflows.

How strong and fast can a python swim in Florida waters? You'd be surprised

Pythons can tolerate saltwater and freshwater and have been observed swimming in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay.
Electronics360

New multichannel AWGs for GHz signal generation

The DN6.63x instruments feature ultra-low-noise outputs generating signals from DC to 2.5 GHz. With 4 to 12 synchronized ...
eLife

Conformational Variability of HIV-1 Env Trimer and Viral Vulnerability

In silico antibody accessibility analysis indicates that ectodomain epitopes are transiently exposed, while MPER epitopes are virtually always occluded in the pre-fusion trimer.