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Vibe Coding: The Reality

December 2, 2025November 22, 2025 The BIMsider

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

November 25, 2025December 4, 2025 The BIMsider

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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Vibe Coding: The Good

November 18, 2025November 3, 2025 The BIMsider

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

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 The BIMsider

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

August 4, 2025 The BIMsider

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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Building🏌️‍♂️Par-Tracker 42 🤖: Why “For the Love of Code” Perfectly Captures the Spirit of Joyful Development

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025 The BIMsider

AI image created with NightCafe: For the Love of Code. And if it’s an AI-assisted hackathon for GitHub, even better!

When GitHub announced their For the Love of Code summer hackathon, I knew exactly what they meant. Sometimes the best projects aren’t born from business requirements or feature requests, they come from that spark of “wouldn’t it be cool if…” that every developer knows.

The Ultimate Answer to Golf Score Tracking Needs

Today, I had one of those perfect coding sessions that reminded me why I fell in love with development in the first place. Working alongside Claude Sonnet 4 AI, I built and fine-tuned 🏌️‍♂️Par-Tracker 42 🤖, a web-based golf handicap calculator that embodies everything the “For the Love of Code” hackathon celebrates.

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#AECTechCon, Low-Code & AI, Oh My!

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025 The BIMsider

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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100 Days of AI – Phase 3 Recap

April 9, 2024March 26, 2025 The BIMsider

As we dive into the third phase of the #100DaysOfAI challenge, things are getting interesting! We’re building on the strong AI foundations and exploring cool use cases from earlier stages. This phase is all about putting our new AI skills to the test on “real-world” problems and pushing the limits of what we can do with the tech we’ve gotten the hang of. Come along as I chat about the adventures and breakthroughs in this final stretch, where we’re turning theory into practice and learning into some seriously cool innovation.

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100 Days of AI – Phase 2 Recap

March 2, 2024March 26, 2025 The BIMsider

Alright, folks! We’ve wrapped up the first 13 days of the #100DaysOfAI Challenge. Now, let’s kick back, grab a coffee, and chat about the cool stuff that went down in Phase 2 over the next 27 days. Spoiler alert: It’s been a mix of fun, challenges, and maybe a few ‘aha’ moments. Let’s spill the beans, shall we?

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100 Days of AI – Phase 1 Recap

February 21, 2024March 26, 2025 The BIMsider

As you may or may not know I’ve been participating in the #100DaysOfAI since January 1st, 2024. I wanted to do a recap of the challenge, for those thinking about doing it, and also as a way for me to entrench what I’ve learned a little deeper by sharing with others. So I’m kicking off with Phase One.

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