Who Is Vibe Coding in Our Community? what are you making?21645
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 Who Is Vibe Coding in Our Community? I've been hearing the term "vibe coding" thrown around more and more lately, and it's got me thinking about how many of us in the imaging and proptech space are quietly building our own tools instead of waiting for someone else to do it. For those who haven't run into the term yet: vibe coding is essentially describing what you want in plain language and letting AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Manus, and the like) write the actual code for you. You're steering with intent and judgment rather than memorizing syntax. The "vibe" is you knowing what good looks like — the AI handles the heavy lifting. And here's the thing: real estate photographers are in a perfect position to take advantage of this. We know exactly where our workflow hurts, we know what our clients need, and now we can actually build the fix ourselves. Here's some of what I'm seeing photographers build: Lead Capture Forms — Custom forms that capture qualified leads automatically. Pricing Calculators — Instant quotes based on property type, square footage, and deliverables. Client Portals — Secure portals for projects, files, invoices, and messages. Property Description Generators — AI-powered listing copy that highlights features and lifestyle. Shot Lists / QA Checklists — Smart checklists to plan shoots and lock in consistency. Delivery Automations — Automating uploads, notifications, and the whole delivery handoff. Floor Plan Labeling Tools — Auto-labeling rooms, dimensions, and key features. Social Media Caption Generators — On-brand captions that actually engage and convert. I'll be honest — I've gone pretty deep down this road myself, building out full SaaS tools to replace manual workflows I used to dread. It's changed how I think about what's possible as a one-person (or small-team) operation. One helpful use for it, for me, was I created a tool that monitors folders on my desktop and automatically adds info to a database. Shoot Date, Photographer, Address, # of Photos, etc. So I want to hear from you: Are you vibe coding? What are you building? Whether it's a scrappy little script that saves you ten minutes a day or a full-blown app you're rolling out to clients — drop it below. I'd love to know what tools you're using, what you've built, and where you got stuck. Let's learn from each other. And if you've never tried it but you've been curious — say so. There's no better community to start with. Looking forward to seeing what this group is cooking up. |
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| Tom — yes, guilty. I've gone all the way down this hole. Most of you here make the Matterport scans. What I've been building sits on top of them: a multilingual AI guide that lives inside the tour and walks a buyer through the home in their own language. An international buyer clicks in and, instead of a silent dollhouse, it feels like someone is actually showing them the place. I call it the VRE Agent; the conversational version is "Hector." Nearly all of it I vibe-coded with Claude doing the typing while I steer. Since you asked where people get stuck, my three honest ones: • The AI is confidently wrong sometimes. My code type-checked perfectly against the Matterport SDK's type hints, then blew up at runtime because the hints didn't match the real SDK. Vibe coding gets you 80% at speed — you still have to verify against reality, not the model's confident guess. • Avatars are brutal. Getting a photoreal character to actually open its mouth and emote inside 3D was weeks of pain — broken facial-bone exports that throw no error, just a frozen face. I had to stop trusting the tooling and read the raw export files myself. • I chose voice-only on purpose — no webcam, no face or eye tracking. High-end international buyers distrust surveillance, the legal exposure isn't worth it, and the friction kills the demo anyway. The one thing I'd actually hand to the photographers here: a scan doesn't have to be a one-and-done deliverable. Put a living guide layer on top and it becomes an asset the listing agent keeps paying to maintain — recurring value instead of a one-time invoice. That's a better story to sell than "here are your photos." Happy to swap notes with anyone else fighting avatars or the Matterport SDK. —Ivan |
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