I drifted to the coffee machine and chatted with a few fellow vibe coders. Then I stood there for a while, latte in hand, staring into space. My app was building itself — I didn't even need to look at it. That was the refrain instructors repeated at a vibe-coding workshop in Singapore: Coding with AI should free up your time. The AI is working in the background, so you can play tennis, do your groceries, or just stand there with your coffee and have a main character moment. I had signed up for