Vibe Coding Is Turning Everyday Problems Into Personal Apps

[etfs]

Rebecca Yu didn’t wait for a startup team or funding round—she built her own dining app in seven days. Using tools like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Yu created Where2Eat to solve a simple but familiar problem: group chats that can’t decide where to eat. With no formal tech background, she joined a growing wave of people using AI to “vibe code” apps purely for personal use.

These so-called micro apps—also called personal or fleeting apps—are designed for narrow, short-lived needs. They aren’t meant for app stores or mass adoption. From holiday games built and deleted after a weekend to habit trackers and recommendation tools, AI has lowered the barrier so far that describing an idea in plain language is often enough to ship something usable.

[tradelikepro]

building an app in a week with no tech background is kinda wild tbh