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title: 'Talking vibe coding with Marcus Estes, cofounder of vibes.diy'
date: '2025-11-24T08:25:54-08:00'
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# Talking vibe coding with Marcus Estes, cofounder of vibes.diy

What is vibe coding and how do you make it fun…? I caught up with serial startup founder Marcus Estes to hear more about his latest pursuit, vibes.diy, a platform for vibe coding and sharing vibe coded apps with one another. All built on the Fireproof database.

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs) Startup stories cold open
- [00:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=35s) What does your startup do?
- [02:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=120s) \[BONUS\] What is “vibe coding”…?
- [03:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=225s) What inspired you to work on this problem?
- [09:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=555s) What’s one piece of advice you’d give to startup founders?
- [13:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=827s) What’s one resource you can’t live without?
- [16:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=song8i98KQs&t=965s) How can we be helpful?

- [https://vibes.diy](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazNjNTIzMGFCY09SanllOGVOOFk5cGg3M3JWUXxBQ3Jtc0trblZRUml2cmhRa3VVa2JKekJ5VFVwX1VqaFBYU2FoTC10RmljdkVzSUJfcXBTdHlXeHhSMmFDaGoxdXA3ME9GSUg0VFBRaW50WEdpVTFiZkkwb1VKQ2VjT1FhQUxjZkdCMWdrZDFiemIxWGpGVE0tNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fvibes.diy%2F&v=song8i98KQs)
- [https://fireproof.storage/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnVvSVpoWXd4NHV3YTdyY3BpcF9oN1FKSWpLQXxBQ3Jtc0tscWd1Mk1rejY1Qndwa3AwcHBWdUh6NmtFSnMzRnM0dldfYWp3YU1fdmJzVy05VTBzNmRqcHN4bDZZSUQyS3V0eHA0M0ExQTliOHhhZmFuT2dPMnh1VVo4dGZXUDlQa1ctNVZWako2LVJZUmhKa19EOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Ffireproof.storage%2F&v=song8i98KQs)
- [ / vibecoding ](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5ad3A1UWZhZUNMTXphQy00ckFkYnhxbnlLUXxBQ3Jtc0tsaWNrY2xIY0xzOWt6SmNTQWpNb3VnWnQzczJKeDNFaDJsdDhSRm5ReVl0VzdPSnZfemlRWHdYamY0OExWNkR3eFM2YmMyMWV0UlZMc0NuMTVVdEdVVWRRS0hMcjYwX1ZVUW44QXVscEhqY0hJTzVvNA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fvibecoding%2F&v=song8i98KQs)

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