Can a newbie really vibe code an app? I tried Cursor and Replit to find out

I'm not a programmer, but I tried four vibe coding tools to see if I could build anything at all on my own. Here's what I did and did not accomplish.
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The application of genetic testing technology in kidney transplantation: precision matching, non-invasive monitoring and personalized management

1 Department of Urology, The Second Hospital and Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China 2 Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Urinary System Disease, Lanzhou, Gansu ...
GitHub

A beautiful, native macOS desktop application for transcribing audio and video files using whisper.cpp.

macOS 10.15 (Catalina) or later FFmpeg (Required for audio processing) ~500MB disk space (for whisper.cpp and models) Note: WhisperDesk requires FFmpeg to process audio files. The app will check for ...
GitHub

A modern desktop GUI application for generating videos using Google's Veo 3.1 model via the Gemini API. Built with Python and PySide6.

Prompt & Negative Prompt Aspect Ratio (16:9, 9:16) Person Generation Safety Settings Seed Control for reproducible results Real-time Logging: Integrated console output within the GUI for monitoring ...