Welcome to the Vibe-Coding Revolution

Business owners, Alan Pentz says, can create software without programming skills and without a team of developers. In fact, he’s been doing it himself every day.

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Here are today’s highlights:

• American car manufacturers say they are considering shutting down U.S. factories.

• Today’s doubling of steel and aluminum imports will have an impact on grocery shelves.

• Gene Marks says more business owners are turning to pooled employer retirement plans, or PEPs.

• Dickey’s offers yet another lesson on what can go wrong for would-be franchisees.

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Alan Pentz says the vibe-coding revolution is here: “There's a new way to build software that doesn't require you to learn Python or hire a team of developers. It's called ‘vibe coding.’ If you haven’t heard of it yet don’t worry. The term was only coined in February. You describe the vibe of what you want. The AI builds it. That’s the promise at least. ‘I want an app that helps leadership teams run better meetings with a timer for each section and built-in transcription.’ Boom. ‘I need a dashboard that tracks my quarterly initiatives and sends automated follow-ups.’ Done. In hours, not months. When you get something working for the first time you feel like a god. I have created!”

• “Here's what happens when you stop waiting for permission and start building. I started small and asked for a new website for OwnerRx. I uploaded my brand colors and fonts and gave it a couple of paragraphs of text. I asked for a modern looking SaaS website with one of those cartoon images in the hero spot.”

• “It even built fake testimonials with people’s pictures and everything (I left them up so you can see them but they’ll soon be replaced by the real thing post launch!).The image didn’t work well but never fear, I went straight to Google Gemini and got the job done. But I was just getting going.”

• “Leadership team meeting app: Built on the OwnerRx leadership meeting model. Has timers for each agenda section, manages issues and action items, tracks quarterly initiatives and KPIs. The kicker? Built-in WhisperAI transcription that breaks up meeting notes by agenda item. At the end, it evaluates your team against Lencioni's 5 Dysfunctions and sends action summaries.” READ MORE

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