I went from not knowing what vibecoding was to orchestrating AI in 6 weeks.
It started at the airport three months ago. I was pacing, checking my bags, and panicking about my passport for the fifth time. At the time, I was—and still am—running a Print On Demand (POD) business. I’d uploaded a solid library of art by late September, but I had a major bottleneck: Metadata. I was drowning in titles, tags, and descriptions. I used Gemini to help, but I was doing it manually for every single item. I finally asked: “It’s 2026. Can I just make an app that does this for me?” The answer was Base44. I wasn’t expecting much when I found the site. It looked like any other AI platform—a prompt box and a few links. I typed my first prompt, and just like that, it created MetaSpin. I was in shock. I knew AI was moving fast, but I didn’t know it had reached this level of "Vibe Coding." I sat there with my tablet, adding features until it was time for my flight. For a month, MetaSpin sat there. Then came February. Things slowed down, and I finally had time to polish the app. I p
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