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.
GitHub

3MF Sanitizer for Makerworld Files

This app automatically fixes those files! Just point it at your downloads folder, and it monitors for new 3MF files and fixes them in real-time.
IEEE

Bridging the Gap: A Python-to-Structured Text Compiler with IEC 61131-3 Compliance

Abstract: This paper introduces a high-level language compiler with IEC 61131–3 compliance capable of converting control function code written in Python into structured text. The Python-to-Structured ...
The New York Times

Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored. By Santul Nerkar ...
IEEE

Domain Knowledge Matters: Improving Prompts with Fix Templates for Repairing Python Type Errors

Abstract: As a dynamic programming language, Python has become increasingly popular in recent years. Although the dynamic type system of Python facilitates the developers in writing Python programs, ...