Vibe Coding 101: A Practical Developer's Guide (2026) My personal notes and a guide for anyone who wants to start vibe coding properly — not just typing prompts and hoping the AI figures it out. Table of Contents What is Vibe Coding? 1. Choose Your Editor / Environment GUI Editors (IDE-based) CLI Agents (Terminal-based) 2. Pick the Right Model Model Comparison How to Choose Practically 3. Give the AI "Knowledge" — Use a Skills Library Skills Libraries I Use How Skills Work 4. Set Up Starter Documentation CLAUDE.md vs GEMINI.md vs AGENTS.md — Which One? Side-by-Side Comparison Multi-Tool Strategy: One File for All My Project Structure What Goes Inside the Config File? Scenario 1: Starting from Scratch Scenario 2: Existing Codebase My Daily Vibe Coding Workflow Pre-flight Checklist Closing Thoughts What is Vibe Coding? The term vibe coding was coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025.…