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AECO, AI, BIM, Code-ish, Coding, Data, Dynamo, LLM, VDC, Vibe Coding

Vibe Coding: The Reality

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Somewhere between hype and habit

Remember when vibe coding felt like magic? The thrill of fast wins, the rush of ideas turning into working code before your coffee got cold. Then came the hangover, the bugs, the rewrites, the weird “why did it do that?” moments that made you question everything.

Welcome to The Reality.

Vibe coding isn’t about chasing magic. It’s about trusting the tool and mastering the craft.

This is where the dust settles. Where the hype cools down and what’s left is what actually works. Vibe coding isn’t a revolution anymore, it’s just part of the workflow. A tool that sits beside your IDE (that’s VS Code for me), your notebook, and your morning playlist. Not perfect, not broken, just… normal.

It’s not about what vibe coding was, it’s about what it is.

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AECO, AI, BIM, Code-ish, Coding, Data, Dynamo, LLM, VDC, Vibe Coding

Vibe Coding: The Bad

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When the Vibes Wear Off

Remember the end of The Good? That pure buzz when code just vibes, ideas flying faster than your fingers while your AI buddy cheers you on. But then something changes. It gives you, “You’re right, this is wrong, let me fix it,” and you get the same wrong code again. And again. And again. Suddenly the magic fizzles. The vibe stops vibing.

That’s where this part of the story begins.

Starting a build with vibe coding feels effortless. Finishing it depends on how much frustration you’re willing to outlast.

This is Part Two of Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Reality, the moment we trade in our white hats for black ones and talk about what happens when the glow fades.

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AECO, AI, BIM, Code-ish, Coding, Data, Dynamo, LLM, VDC, Vibe Coding

Vibe Coding: The Good

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The rush of getting code to vibe

Remember your first hackathon? That wild, caffeine-fueled moment when code actually worked on the first try? Even if you’ve never been to one, you know the feeling when everything just clicks and ideas start to flow faster than you can type. Vibe coding feels like that, only this time it happens on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon with no sleep deprivation required.

This post is part one of the three-part series “Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Reality.” In this first chapter, we explore the excitement, creativity, and early wins that make vibe coding feel almost magical.

Vibe coding isn’t about knowing everything. Nope! It’s about staying with it long enough to build something real.

Vibe coding lives somewhere between creative flow and AI-assisted development. It is the new rhythm of building software fast, playfully, and with fewer blockers. It’s not about understanding every line behind the curtain, and there’s no need for perfect syntax or detailed documentation. It’s about energy. You are riffing with an AI coding BFF, chasing the spark that turns ideas into working prototypes before your focus fades.

It is coding with momentum.

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AECO, AI, API, BIM, C#, Data, Dynamo, Dynamo 3.0, For The Love Of Code, REST API, Vibe Coding

Here Boy! Meet DynaFetch for Dynamo 3.0

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Who’s a good boy? DynaFetch always brings back the data you need. 🐕

For about a month leading up to #AU2025, I’ve been “Vide Coding” with my coding “bestie” Claude (from Anthropic) on our very first custom Dynamo package. DynaFetch brings modern, reliable REST API integration to Dynamo 3.0, letting you connect to external data sources with community-driven, open-source functionality.

This project started because I’ve long relied on the excellent custom package DynaWeb by Radu Gidei. Unfortunately, it isn’t compatible with Dynamo 3.0+, and staying on older versions is becoming less and less practical.

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AECO, AI, BCF, BIM, buildingSMART, CSS, For The Love Of Code, HTML, JS, openBIM, Vibe Coding

Introducing BCFSleuth

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🕵️‍♀️ Sleuthing through your BCF files so you don’t have to.

Built over a long weekend using Vibe Coding and a solid assist from AI, BCFSleuth is a lightweight, browser-based app that lets you explore and export BCF files (2.0, 2.1, 3.0) with zero setup.

🔍 Quickly preview BCF data
📁 Export to clean, structured CSV or Excel
📸 View and export images
🛡️ No servers — runs entirely client-side
📱 Mobile-friendly for on-the-go use

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AEC, AECO, AECTechCon, AI, API, BIM, Coding, Learning, Low-Code, No-Code, VDC, Vibe Coding

#AECTechCon, Low-Code & AI, Oh My!

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Last week, I finally attended my first #AECTechCon on May 7 and 8 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, MO, just outside St. Louis. This event had been on my radar for a while, and it did not disappoint. It offered a solid mix of learning and knowledge sharing around AEC tech, plus a strong expo hall. The usual suspects were there, along with some standout locals and a few new-to-me gems (you really need to check out iPlanTables).

The keynotes were strong, the cornhole tournament was chaotic in the best way, and the schedule left room to network or catch your breath after a long day of sessions, booth duty, or both.

Keep reading for a look at my session from the conference and why I think this one belongs on your 2026 must-attend list.

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AEC, AECO, BIM, Mobile Device, Smart Phone, Tablet

AECO Mobile Device Usage

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Have you ever wondered what mobile device usage is like in the AECO? For an upcoming presentation I’m doing, this exact question came up. I found some data online and in some older AECO and ConTech reports I had, but nothing for 2024.

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AEC, BILT, BIM, DBEI, DBWa, VDC

Top 10 Tweets of #DBWa2023

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A lot of great things came back for this year’s DBWa 2023, and in honor of that, I’m dusting off the good ‘ol Top 10 Tweets!

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AEC, AMD, BIM, Dell, Desktop, Intel, Laptop, VDC, VR, WFH

Laptop💻 vs Desktop🖥 WFH Edition

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Like many (most) people I have been working from home for the last couple of years. However, unlike most, this was my plan, as when I started at BIM Track in January 2020 I was hired as a full-time remote worker. Now the other side of that plan back in January 2020 was that I would be doing lots of travel to conferences and tradeshows worldwide to talk about BIM, AEC workflows and of course BIM Track…well that didn’t really play out as expected. Nevertheless, this combination of full-time WFH and travel was why I was given a laptop as my work computer, but in hindsight maybe a desktop would have been a better call?

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Add-ins, AECO, API, BILT, BILTAm, BIM, DBEI, DBW

Digital Built Week Americas 2022 – A Recap

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From June 14th to June 16th, 2022 DBEI held their Digital Built Week Americas event in Anaheim California, USA at the Anaheim Convention Center.

This was the first BILT event in North America since 2019 in Seattle, and only the 2nd BILT event since the BILT Europe 2019 event in October 2019 (The first being BILT ANZ 2021, in March 2022). The convention center is right across the street from Disneyland, and there were signs all around 😜

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