Vibe Coding and the New Prototyping Playbook

We explore vibe coding as a rapid prototyping approach powered by generative AI. We discuss how it lowers the barrier to creating high-fidelity prototypes, enabling nontechnical users to build apps, and examine its implications for communication, validation, and iterative software design.

Authors

Markus Borg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-4371)
Elizabeth Bjarnason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9070-0008)
Fabian Hedin

Institutions

Lund University (SE)
TopVisible (Sweden) (SE)

Publication Details

Journal: IEEE Software
Published: 2025-10-21
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ms.2025.3597032
Citations: 2
Primary Topic: Architecture and Computational Design
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 18.98

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Vibe Coding and the New Prototyping Playbook

Markus Borg, Elizabeth Bjarnason, Fabian Hedin

Oct 21, 2025

2 citations

IEEE Software

Architecture and Computational Design

18.98

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Vibe Coding and the New Prototyping Playbook

Markus Borg, Elizabeth Bjarnason, Fabian Hedin

October 21, 2025article en

2 citations

Abstract

IEEE SoftwareVol. 42(6)

Lund University (SE), TopVisible (Sweden) (SE)

Openalex Percentile: Top 1%

Architecture and Computational Design

18.98

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