“You study Vibe Coding every day—so what killer app have you built? Drop me a link?” When asked that, crypto-focused KOL Haotian just smiled and offered no link. In his view, the question itself remains trapped in old-paradigm thinking: most people still see Vibe Coding as a tool that lets non-coders build apps, fixating on whether it can ship or generate revenue.
Vibe Coding Is Really About Becoming a “One-Person Army”
Haotian argues Vibe Coding isn't about competing with product managers who have 20 years of experience, nor about chasing the dream of a one-person company taking on Google. Its core is an AI-driven overhaul of personal workflow. In a traditional office structure, everyone is a cog—frontend, backend, product manager—with 90% of energy burned on communication, waiting, and alignment friction. Vibe Coding lets ordinary people use natural language to command code, no longer relying on engineers who never finish on time, no longer begging designers for mockups. Cross-team friction plummets.
“You are no longer a part waiting for orders; you become a closed-loop system,” Haotian writes. That sense of control—the ability to turn an idea into reality instantly—is the real achievement worth showing off. Your workplace identity evolves from a T-shaped talent into a super cluster, and the once-valuable “generalist screw” becomes the fastest-depreciating asset in the Vibe Coding era.
Recursive Evolution: AI Wakes Up Your Brain’s Execution Layer
Many people use AI to “cheat” and feel guilty about it. But Haotian insists the point is to “arm” your thinking with AI. Picture AI as an tireless engineer corps: formerly, 10% inspiration got eaten by code errors and environment setup; now you keep that 10% and hand the 90% grunt work to AI. Don't know Python syntax? AI writes it. Can't parse an API document? AI reads it. Unsure about architecture? AI proposes options—you choose.
This isn't just efficiency—it's a step change. You can have AI do the work, then have AI teach your AI (via prompts, skill sets, guided learning) to do even better, and then have AI review and debug for an optimal result. Eventually, all the “how” gets offloaded to AI, leaving you only the “what.” AI transforms from an external tool into a co-processor for your brain, freeing bandwidth for high-level decision-making and aesthetic judgment.
You Don't Need to Deliver to the World—Just Satisfy Yourself
Haotian is blunt: 99% of Vibe Coding tutorials teach you to build a SaaS, become a “super indie developer,” but “those are just motivational chicken soup.” In a mature industrial environment, good products need complex pricing, distribution, compliance—a game for geniuses, capital, and seasoned teams, not ordinary folks.
The biggest mistake beginners make is trying to deliver something to others for applause or money. The real dividend of Vibe Coding is inward growth: an ugly automation script that saves you two hours of report drudgery every day; a messy data analysis tool that reveals signals others miss in chaotic markets—that's enough. Most people don't need to become a million-dollar-a-year “Peter Level.” They just need a customized, proprietary “secret weapon” for their own job, business, or life.
“Great products will naturally emerge—but that's for the rare geniuses,” Haotian concludes. “Next time someone asks, ‘What's your Vibe Coding project?’ point to your head and say: ‘The project is right here.’”