I met a young man yesterday during an external training event. He is doing a part-time degree and is thinking of becoming a business analyst. I suggested that he do internships in sales-related roles so that he would understand how businesses are run, then he would know better how to analyse a business. I said: “I mean, if you don’t actually do the business, how would you know how to study it and improve it?”
I also pointed out to him that many sales and marketing people do their own analyses on a daily basis, so a good knowledge of Excel is needed. And today, analyses are a lot easier with Gen AI tools. I shared with him how I vibe-code my own tools to solve my own specific problems. He said, “Oh yes, we’re learning how to make chatbots (in school).” But he didn’t know about making web apps with vibe coding, and I saw that he hadn’t even logged into Google Gemini (that’s the easiest place to do vibe coding).
It is from these random chats with strangers that I get to sense the true level of AI literacy in Singapore. Many people are still only using ChatGPT or Copilot, and they have not experienced vibe coding (which has its own benefits and risks). They’ve heard about agentic AI, but don’t realise that the major LLMs already behave in an agentic manner.
These conversations shape the way I design my Gen AI workshops and my self-learning – what can I learn that is useful to me and that I can share with others to make their lives simpler and better?
Anyway, if you want to try vibe coding, visit the Gemini webpage on your computer browser (not your phone), select “Canvas” from “Tools” menu in the chatbox, and just tell Gemini to make an app that will help you with a particular problem. Then see what happens! When you’re ready for more advanced types of vibe coding, check out Google Opal (now integrated into Google Gemini Gems, what a mouthful), Google AI Studio, n8n, Lovable, and other similar platforms.
