I’m more and more convinced that we’re in the webmaster era of “vibe coding”. And that’s good. We know how to proceed and where we can evolve to. For now, it’s for things that are allowed to “break”.
This week, with Henrique Tavares, it was a switcher, since n8n on the cloud plan doesn’t have variables. We asked Gemini to generate a Google Apps Script, deployed the API, and it was the good old “give it a try”. There was no well-implemented software engineering and not much validation either. And that’s fine.
What helped? Already knowing how to program, knowing how GAS works — by the way, it’s a shame Google doesn’t invest in it the way it invests in Colab — and knowing what you want…. For something TINY.
Am I against using vibe coding for complete projects? Not at all. I just don’t put it in prod without a review from someone who understands tech.
Buuuut between depending on the neighbor’s cat’s nephew who studies computer science and depending on a coding agent… I’d rather depend on the latter.
Originally written in Portuguese and published on LinkedIn on November 27, 2025. I translated it into English with the help of AI (Claude): it let me bring my LinkedIn posts to people who don’t read Portuguese without rewriting each one from scratch. I reviewed the translation to keep my original meaning and tone.