VIBE Coding

How VIBE coding can grow your real estate photography business

Hi All,

Imagine creating your own custom tools — like profit calculators, client booking forms, or interactive property showcases — without knowing how to write a single line of code. That’s what VIBE coding makes possible.

VIBE stands for Voice / Image / Body / Expression coding. It’s a new way to build apps by describing what you want in plain English (or by speaking, uploading images, etc.), and letting AI write the code for you. You focus on your idea; the AI handles the programming.

Here’s an example. I used Rocket, a VIBE coding platform, to build an Add-On: Same-Day HDR Photo Delivery Profit Calculator in minutes:

✓ Click here to try the calculator

My only “coding” was typing a prompt describing what the calculator should do:

✓ Let photographers enter the price of their same-day delivery add-on
✓ Let them enter how many they sell per week
✓ Factor in AI editing costs
✓ Calculate annual profit automatically

Rocket instantly wrote 107 lines of code (including the front-end design) and gave me a ready-to-use public web link — no separate hosting, publishing, or tech setup required.

The cost for this calculator via Rocket was $0. You get 1 million free tokens when you start. (Tokens are the way AI platforms measure processing use — think of them as small chunks of text your request is broken into. The bigger or more complex your project, the more tokens it uses.) This calculator used 137,900 tokens, so it didn’t cost me anything. [The price of 5 million more tokens is $240]

You can use VIBE coding to create all kinds of business tools:

✓ Interactive pricing calculators
✓ Client booking or scheduling tools
✓ Lead capture forms that auto-send follow-ups
✓ Photo usage license generators
✓ Property detail dashboards for clients
✓ Custom portfolio websites
✓ Quick-quote estimators for different photography packages

Why this matters for real estate photographers:

✓ Save time: Create tools in minutes that would normally take a developer days or weeks
✓ Win more clients: Offer interactive, value-adding tools that set you apart from competitors
✓ No coding skills needed: Just describe what you want in everyday language — the AI writes the code for you
✓ All-in-one publishing: Some VIBE platforms (like Rocket) host your tool instantly — no need for a separate website or server

Rocket is just one VIBE coding platform. Others you can explore include:

✓ Replit Ghostwriter
✓ Glide
✓ Bubble
✓ BuildAI
✓ Pory
✓ Adalo

Some platforms (like ChatGPT.com) can help you write code but don’t offer built-in publishing or hosting, so you’d have to handle that part yourself. Rocket removes that step.

Here’s where I used the calculator:

✓ Same Day Add-On → How Fotello AI Image Editing Can Add $8,736 in Annual Profit

If you’re curious, start small — maybe by creating a simple calculator or a client intake form — and see how it changes your workflow.

Best,

Dan

P.S. While I wrote the initial draft of this WGAN Forum post, I had ChatGPT re-write it to make it better — for example, adding the list of ideas in the “You can use VIBE coding to create all kinds of business tools” section.