Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders The Railsware Way - Vibe Coding vs. Traditional SDLC, with Sergiy Korolov
Oct 29, 2025
Sergiy Korolov, Co-CEO of Railsware and co-founder of Mailtrap, explores the emerging trend of vibe-coding versus traditional software development approaches. He defines vibe-coding, discussing its potential influence and limitations. The conversation delves into why vibe-coding has surfaced, the role of AI tools in enhancing development, and engineers' reactions to this innovate method. Sergiy also shares best use cases, highlighting that while vibe-coding can help with prototypes, it struggles to scale for complex products.
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Vibe Coding Is Reinventing Old No-Code Ideas
- Vibe coding largely recreates old no-code drag-and-drop patterns but uses LLM prompts instead of GUI widgets.
- Sergiy argues it’s overhyped today and not fundamentally new, just more hyped by modern tools.
LLMs Shine At Research, Not Complex Design
- LLMs excel at research, documentation synthesis, and proposing architectural options.
- Sergiy says these strengths speed onboarding and design decisions but where deep solution thinking is needed, LLMs still struggle.
Use AI Tools To Assist, Not Replace Engineers
- Treat Copilot/Cursor as productivity assistants, not magic code generators.
- Use them for research, onboarding, and docs parsing, but rely on engineers for complex implementation.