"VIBE Coding by Example" is a comprehensive guide to AI-assisted programming that's transforming software development. This book introduces readers to VIBE (Visual, Interactive, Bot-assisted Engineering) coding—where developers collaborate with AI to build software through natural language instructions rather than writing every line manually. Written for both beginners and experienced developers, this book explores the paradigm Andrej Karpathy described in early 2025 as "fully giving in to the VIBEs" of AI-generated code. Through practical projects, readers learn to harness AI assistants like Claude 4.0 Sonnet, GitHub Copilot, and specialized IDEs to build real applications. While we focused on Claude Sonnet for this book in order to be consistent, you could use an alternative AI such as Gemini Pro 2.5, or Open AI o3. In addition, we show you how to set up GitHub Copilot and Cursor. The book progresses from foundations to advanced implementations across ten In chapters 1-4, readers explore the VIBE coding revolution, its historical context, and setting up essential tools. Chapters 5-7 guide readers through beginner projects, including a personal website, portfolio site, and task manager application. Chapter 8 provides advanced e-commerce site development with product catalogs and payment processing. Chapter 9 covers full-stack web applications with database integration, while Chapter 10 explores developing a research project for cutting-edge neural-symbolic models. Each project provides detailed prompts for AI assistants, complete code examples, and best practices for architecture, security, and deployment. The book emphasizes that while AI handles implementation details, human developers remain essential as architects and creative directors. Throughout, readers discover how VIBE coding accelerates development cycles, debugs problem issues, democratizes programming, and allows focus on solving high-level problems—all while maintaining professional software quality standards.