If you’ve been dreaming of building your own app without writing a single line of code, vibe coding probably sounds like your golden ticket. You describe what you want, AI builds it, and you ship it. However, a new report from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Technology Policy Council says the picture is a lot messier than that. The ACM TechBrief , co-authored by Simson Garfinkel, Chief Scientist at BasisTech, doesn’t dismiss the appeal. Vibe coding apps like Loveable and Google’s Firebase Studio opens up software development to people with no programming background. It also frees experienced developers from repetitive, low-creativity work, so they can focus on design and problem-solving instead. Many developers report feeling more productive with these tools, especially on routine tasks. However, those productivity gains are largely self-reported and may not hold up under rigorous measurement over time.…