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🗓️ 18 July 2025
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Can you build an app just by describing your idea to AI? In this episode, we take a closer look at vibe coding—and whether it’s ready for side hustlers to use.
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0:00.0 | Lemonada. |
0:02.7 | So there's this new thing going around called vibe coding, which basically is using tools like ChatGPT, or maybe you prefer another language model but using these tools these AI tools to build apps |
0:23.4 | and websites um and so the question is like can you build an app just by describing your idea to |
0:29.6 | a i and that's basically what vibe coding is like hey i'm going to vibe and you know maybe put in a couple |
0:35.9 | of ideas or prompts or maybe I'm going to get some code |
0:39.1 | and then improve it. But basically, it's like a new style of software creation. So natural language |
0:45.2 | conversations with AI that generate the code for you. So a listener today wants to know, |
0:49.7 | is this a lasting trend? Can you actually build a sustainable project product or side hustle this way? Can you be like, hey, I've always had an idea for an app that does X? ChatGPT, go make me an app that does X. And what are the likely outcomes or the results when you do something like that? Is it, in fact, going to be a working app? Can you sell it? Can you use it? Can you put it in the app store? Can you profit from it? Of course, we're all about helping you profit from your ideas here on Sight Ussel School. So let's talk about this one. I want to build an app with vibe coding. That's our listener's idea. I'll bring you his detailed question and my answer right after this. What's up, what's up? I want to tell you today about our partner ZipRecruiter. |
1:31.4 | You know, ZipRecruiter. If you don't, you should. Perhaps as a good introduction to them, |
1:35.5 | let's talk about speed and quality. You don't usually get both of those things together. |
1:39.6 | You don't go through a fast food drive-thru and expect a gourmet meal to go, or if you do, you're probably |
1:45.1 | going to be disappointed. If you use some automated fancy AI tools to do online tasks, |
1:50.6 | sometimes that works well, and sometimes it doesn't. Perhaps you have experienced that. |
1:54.8 | Speed and quality, they don't always go together, but there is an exception to this unwritten |
1:59.1 | rule, which is that if you're hiring, you can find |
2:02.1 | candidates fast, who are also extremely qualified for your role. And that's because of our partner |
2:07.7 | ZipRecruiter. Check it out. Try it for free. ZipRecruiter.com slash hustle. They've got 320,000 new |
2:15.3 | resumes added monthly, but guess what? You don't have to go through each one of them. |
2:19.0 | Some more good news. They're going to do it for you. ZipRecruiter is the number one rated hiring |
2:22.9 | site based on G2. Experience hiring speed and quality with ZipRecruiter. Four out of five employers |
2:29.7 | who post on ZipRecruiter get a quality candidate within the first day, and if you go to ZipRecruiter.com |
2:35.3 | slash hustle right now, you can try it for free. Check it out. ZipRecruiter.com slash hustle. |
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