I Vibecoded This Website

There is a lot of noise around artificial intelligence at the moment. Every week seems to bring another tool, another prediction, another bold claim about how AI will change everything. Rather than watch from the side-lines, I wanted to test it properly for myself.

So I decided to use my personal website as an experiment. I would vibecode the entire thing.

What is vibecoding?
Vibecoding is the process of building websites, apps or digital projects by collaborating with AI tools through prompts, iteration and direction, focusing more on ideas and outcomes than writing every line of code manually.

I’m Xavier, a digital experience consultant based in Mauritius, and I spend much of my time helping businesses improve how people experience their digital products and services. Because of that, I’m always interested in what comes next, especially when new technology promises to reshape the way we work.

For me, vibecoding is less about handing everything over to AI and more about collaborating with it. It means using prompts, ideas and iteration to build quickly, then applying human judgement to shape the final result. It is part creation, part curation.

Building the website this way was genuinely eye-opening. AI was excellent at helping me move quickly. Ideas that might have taken hours to sketch out could be explored in minutes. Layouts, copy directions and technical solutions came fast, which made the whole process feel more fluid and creative.

But speed is only part of the story. AI can generate, yet it cannot truly understand taste, personality or intention. It does not know what feels right for me, what reflects my work, or what creates the right impression. That still comes from experience and instinct.

What I found most interesting was not whether AI could build a website, because clearly it can help. The real question is whether it can replace people. My answer is no. What it can do is make capable people faster, sharper and more efficient.

That is where the real shift is happening. The future is unlikely to belong to AI alone, or to people ignoring it entirely. It will belong to those who know how to work with it well.

So yes, I vibecoded this website. Not because I wanted a shortcut, but because I wanted to understand where things are heading. After finishing the experiment, one thing feels clear: AI is not the end of creativity. Used properly, it may become one of its most useful tools.

I know many people will be wondering how long it took and which tools were involved.

I used Claude Code to build the website, but the result did not appear instantly. A strong understanding of frameworks and web development still makes a significant difference when working with AI. The better your technical knowledge, the better the outcome tends to be.

AI still requires direction. In this case, I acted as the product director, defining how the website should function, which technologies to use, and what experience it should deliver. The creative vision also came from me, which is why having clear brand guidelines and a strong sense of direction remains essential.