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Vibe Coding Could Change Everything

February 4, 2026·20 min·1 clip

Joanna Stern describes how Claude Code built a Wall Street Journal interactive article from a simple text prompt in just two minutes.

Wall Street Journal reporters Joanna Stern and Ben Cohen explore Claude Code, an AI tool that allows anyone to create software through 'vibe coding'. They test it by building an interactive article and discuss its implications for jobs, productivity, and the future of coding with experts, including its creator and a computational journalist.

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A clear-eyed look at Claude Code's speed, limits, and stakes for software work.

Vibe coding lands here as a business story inside a tech demo. The Journal follows Wall Street Journal colleagues Joanna Stern and Ben Cohen as they test Claude Code, Anthropic's tool for turning plain-language prompts into websites, apps, and other coded projects.

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Claude Code helps the Journal team mock up a WSJ-style page in minutes.

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