🔎 Preview: In today's issue

• ✨ Vibe Coding keeps the vibes going
• 🔃 OpenAI performs a fusion for their new agent
• 📺 Branding crash course from the Create With Conference
• 🕹️ The viral Coldplay concert video game

Hallo! 👋

The Create With team is shipping from the Netherlands this week! 🚢

We decided to road trip from the UK to spend some time together as a team in this epic house, complete with hot tub, robot vacuum, and a Create With roller banner (how did they know?! 🥰).

Keep an eye on our socials for new launches happening this week and in the meantime let's dive in! 💪

🤓 Explain Like I'm 5
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We originally covered this back in March but it's worth revisiting because the vibe coding movement has been rapidly gaining momentum. Check the end of this section for some big vibe coding news.

What is it?

It's the latest way to build apps.

Instead of writing code, you just describe what you want in plain English and AI builds it for you.

​Andrej Karpathy coined the term, telling us to "give in to the vibes and forget the code even exists". Platforms like Lovable, Cursor, and Bolt let you prompt your way to working apps in minutes, while Tomas from Sutro warns about the hidden danger: "You cannot build what you do not understand".

The real challenge isn't the building - it's what happens when things break.

When your vibe-coded app crashes, you're stuck because you never understood the code underneath.

That's why Tomas proposes "vibe engineering" - combining AI's speed with visual tools that let you see and control what you're building.

The future isn't just vibing - it's understanding enough to fix, scale, and iterate on what AI creates for you.

Vibe coding: A real-life example

Create With co-founder Kieran recently "vibe coded" a staff rota calculator for his friend who manages a mental health crisis team in the NHS. He used Lovable. It took him about 30 minutes but saves her 10+ minutes every day and gives her data she can use to improve efficiency later on. Now her managers are talking about rolling it out regionally.

What small apps could you vibe code to increase your efficiency at work?

Vibe coding news

• Vibe coding platform Bolt ran the World's Biggest Hackathon last month and the results are being announced this Saturday. Prepare to have your mind blown as we see who wins the $1m+ prize pool.
• Previously mentioned vibe coding platform, Lovable, just raised $200m in its series A round, only 8 months after launch.

🔊 On your radar

Keep your finger on the pulse of what we think is hot in the space right now 🔥

⭐️ OpenAI merged Operator and deep research to create ChatGPT Agent

👉 This matters because: The new combined agent can "also leverage ChatGPT connectors⁠ (opens in a new window), which allows you to connect apps like Gmail and Github so ChatGPT can find information relevant to your prompts and use them in its responses. You can also log in on any website by taking over the browser, allowing it to go deeper and broader in both its research and task execution." Currently OpenAI says users send 2.5 billion prompts every day.

⭐️ Zapier announces a wave of updates for all your automation needs

👉 This matters because: If you love building automations you can now join the Solutions Partner Program (info session July 24th). NoCodeOps becomes *the* Zapier community online for you to find other Zapier enthusiasts and professionals (kudos Claudia!). Grok 4 is now integrated with the platform. Zapier are also hosting the Zappy awards due August 6th and are also hosting a meetup in London on the 28th of July.

⭐️ The hidden startup job boards that actually work for finding your next big role in tech and AI

👉 This matters because: Jordan Mazer compiled the ultimate list of startup job boards, VC aggregators, and talent networks where the best opportunities hide. Forget LinkedIn spray-and-pray - this PDF guide shows you where founders actually post roles. Essential for anyone job hunting in the AI/startup space.

🔗 Bonus links for subscribers

• ​21-year-old dropouts from MIT just raised a $32M series A with their AI compliance startup Delve.
• ​Clickup launches "Brain" combining popular LLMs in one place and it becomes the #1 Product of the Week on Product Hunt.
• ​"How I use ChatGPT to run my $30B company" - the latest episode of My First Million chats with Dharmesh Shah

☕️ Knowledge shot - Review Mining is using AI to analyse competitor reviews and extract customer language, pain points, and desires. Instead of expensive customer research, you get proven messaging directly from people who already bought similar products. It's like having a focus group of your competitors' customers working for you 24/7.

📺 Beyond Vibe Coding: Why you can't build what you don't understand

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Fresh from the Create With 2025 stage, we just released Tomas Halgas from Sutro's reality check on the AI coding revolution.

He breaks down why vibe coding is both amazing and dangerous - and what comes next.

The future? What Tomas calls "vibe engineering" - combining AI's speed with visual tools that let you actually see and control what you're building.

▶️Watch Now​

🎨 Your ugly MVP is killing your launch (and how to fix it)

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Kelly Claus just dropped truth bombs at Create With 2025 about why your MVP's design matters more than you think.

Kelly breaks down visual identity into just three core elements: logo, colors, and typography. That's it. No fancy design degree required.

The bar for design is high now - even at MVP stage. Your competitors are shipping beautiful products on day one, and users expect polish from launch.

But Kelly's approach makes it achievable: focus on being "pretty enough" and distinct, not perfect. Build a flexible system now that scales later.

If you're launching without considering visual identity because "it's just an MVP," this talk will change your mind - and save your launch.

▶️Watch Now​

💭 Final Thoughts

Another vibe coding use case: from idea to interactive meme in minutes.
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While the Coldplay concert story raced around the word spawning multiple memes, @songadaymann on X took it on step further and vibe coded an interactive game where you have to locate the couple for points.

It's now had millions of views featured on Polygon, NME, Complex and more 😱

17 years of song a day @songadaymann i vibe coded a little game called Coldplay Canoodlers you're the camera operator and you have to find the CEO and HR lady canoodling 10 points every time you find them 👇link 6:41 PM • Jul 18, 2025 4317 Retweets 59975 Likes Read 644 replies

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Remember, viral ideas can come from anywhere and AI gets you closer to building at the speed of thought while also increasing that luck surface area 😉

With good vibes ✨

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The Create With Team

P.S. shout out to our newsletter editor Matt who has been raising funds for CALM while riding in the Tour de France. Go Matt! 👏 🚴‍♂️
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