Vibe coding
Vibe coding isn’t a method. It’s a necessity. We started with no rules, just with things that we feel are useful and tailored to what we need. Here is a list of things we did lately:
VBG AI Chat — Floating AI chat widget
VBG Infinite Scroll — IntersectionObserver post loading; correct Uncode selector chain
VBG Floating Message Blobs — Contextual pop-up messages;
VBG Time — World clock shortcode; unstyled, inherits theme typography
VBG Rollover Image — Background-image rollover
VBG Image Scrubber — Mouse-scrubbed image/video sequences
VBG Scroll Progress Bar — Thin page scroll progress bar
VBG Dither — Single-file image dithering tool;
VBG Writer — Article writing tool;
Scroll-Driven Video Frame Player — Frame-accurate video scrubbing
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