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The Vergecast · June 29, 2026 · 33m

Our vibe coded projects that actually work

Hayden Field, Jake Kastrenakes

The Vergecast launches a new series in which Verge staffers take on challenges and regroup to see who succeeded best. In this debut, Jake Kastrenakes and Hayden Field share AI-driven 'vibe coding' projects that have genuinely stuck in their daily lives. Host David Pierce then gives the next challenge: build a website to solve a personal problem, the more ambitious the better. Results will come in a future episode, and the team asks listeners for series name ideas and suggestions for future challenges.

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Highlights

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Vibe coding produces sticky personal tools
Jake Kastrenakes and Hayden Field demonstrated AI-built projects they actually use in their daily lives, showing that vibe coding can create lasting, practical software for non-programmers.
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Editorial

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The Vergecast's new challenge series format
The show introduces a recurring segment where staffers compete on a given prompt and later reconvene to compare results, starting with vibe coding.
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Next challenge: build a website to solve a life problem
David Pierce issues the next Vergecast challenge: use AI to build a website that addresses a real personal problem, with ambition and impressiveness as key criteria.
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Misc

✧The hosts urgently begged listeners for series name ideas, repeatedly writing 'PLEASE' in the show notes.
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