On July 14th, 2025, the VibeCoding community gathered at Bamboo Royal Oak for an evening of collaborative energy, powerful demos, and deep conversation around how developers are building with AI — not in theory, but in practice.
Whether you're coding full-time, launching a startup, or just exploring what’s possible, this meetup showed that AI-assisted development is no longer optional — it’s foundational.
David Baird opened the night by sharing the roots of VibeCoding — a meetup born from curiosity and the hunger to experiment. Originally a musician, David transitioned into tech and eventually launched MySalt.ai, a platform for exploring personal workflows powered by AI.
“For me, AI feels like painting with technology — the way I used to build songs.”
David reflected on the divide he sees in engineering culture: some devs resist AI, others adopt it like a superpower. VibeCoding, he explained, is about crossing that gap — sharing tools, techniques, and pain points.
He also dropped practical gems:
Use rule-based prompting to set better expectations in tools like Cursor
Always version control your AI-generated code
Don’t rely solely on the AI — learn how to debug and inspect
Use tools like Replit to check for security vulnerabilities early
Colin Harman, former CTO of Nesh and founder of Snowfort.ai, kicked off the speaker series with a powerful insight:
“I measure progress by turns per task. Fewer turns = better prompting, better outcomes.”
Juggling up to eight projects at once, Colin introduced his new dev tool, Snowfort, built to help orchestrate AI workflows:
Manage AI tasks across projects
Get notified when outputs are ready
Analyze prompt efficiency
Sync across devices — including mobile
Colin’s takeaway: As developers, we’re now task managers, not just code writers.
Read more: Colin's Reasons for building Snowfort.ai
Ramon Williams, CEO of Faire Rideshare and founder of The AI Standard, showed what’s possible when no-code meets well-structured AI prompts.
He helps non-technical entrepreneurs:
Go from prompt to full app scaffold
Validate ideas without giving up equity or control
Ramon’s approach is built on a 6-step prompt framework that lets founders spin up MVPs from a single idea. He even demoed a passion project: an AI-assisted woodworking app that generates 3D build plans and step-by-step guides.
“I don’t just strategize — I get in the trenches and build with founders.”
Read more: Ramons Process w/ No-Code Tools
Mike Onslow, CTO at Clarity Voice and co-host of Artificial Antics, shared his side project: an AI-powered article reader that:
Scrapes and summarizes content using Gemini 2.5
Reads it aloud using 11Labs
Syncs narration word-for-word with the text
Mike’s key insights:
Extreme version control is non-negotiable
Let AI generate your documentation and re-onboard you after a break
Voice tech is expensive — but worth experimenting with
“I left the app for a month, came back, dropped it into Gemini, and it built me diagrams and docs better than I remembered.”
He prototyped everything using Cursor, Replit, Bubble, Celery, and PostgreSQL, sharing how each tool played a role in the rapid build.
Read more: Learning's from rapid prototyping a voice product
The night wasn’t about hype — it was about execution. Each speaker showed that:
AI isn’t just a tool — it’s a collaborator
Great outcomes depend on great prompting and workflow design
Whether you’re a dev, founder, or explorer, the skill is knowing what to ask and what to build next
David Baird, MySalt.ai
Colin Harman, Snowfort.ai
Ramon Williams, Faire Rideshare / The AI Standard
Mike Onslow, Clarity Voice / Artificial Antics
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