34% of people shipping software using AI tools have no formal programming background

AI was impressive enough when skilled developers could use ChatGPT to troubleshoot code. But now, the tech has evolved to the point that workers with no programming background can use AI to build apps from scratch, refine them, and ship them, all in a matter of days or even hours.  Some folks call it vibe coding, but that undersells what’s actually happening. There’s a lot more than vibes behind these projects. The vibey part comes from how easy it is for someone to describe what they want to cr