Vibe Coding Quiz: How Ready Are You for the New Software Economy?

A small accounting firm uses the free version of an AI chatbot to help draft client financial summaries. The summaries include client names and income figures. What is the primary data risk?

Free AI tools automatically encrypt all submitted data Free-tier AI tools may use inputs for model training, potentially exposing client financial data — this likely violates professional confidentiality obligations The AI chatbot will share client financial data with the IRS No risk — small accounting firms are exempt from data confidentiality regulations

A personal trainer spends 5 hours per week trading emails to schedule client sessions. What AI-powered solution most directly eliminates this?

An AI chatbot that discusses scheduling via email but still requires the trainer to confirm each booking A scheduling tool like Calendly that lets clients book directly based on the trainer's availability — eliminating scheduling email threads entirely A spreadsheet that clients fill in with their preferred times An AI tool that analyzes the emails and suggests responses

Who coined the term 'vibe coding' and what does it describe?

It emerged from Reddit and has no single author — it describes using AI to debug code Linus Torvalds coined it to describe open-source collaborative development Sam Altman coined it to describe OpenAI's internal development methodology Andrej Karpathy coined it to describe building software by describing what you want in natural language, with AI writing the code

A small business wants to use AI for drafting responses to customer complaints that include customer names and order details. What is the simplest way to reduce privacy risk while still using AI?

Ask the AI not to store the customer's name after the session Use AI only on Tuesdays when server load is lower and data is more secure Anonymize the data — replace the customer name with 'Customer' and describe the order generically — before sending to the AI tool Never use AI for any customer-related communications

Which tool is specifically designed for non-programmers to build full web applications through natural language, with no local installation?

GitHub Copilot — requires a pre-existing codebase and developer workflow Bolt.new, Lovable, or v0 — purpose-built browser-based platforms for natural language app creation Python IDLE — a standard Python development environment Cursor — a code editor requiring programming knowledge