Vibe coding via Claude has re-ignited my passion for fun, side programming projects. After a few false starts, I figured out the tooling, processes and in just a few weeks I've built several apps and I'm having new ideas consistently:

-Family calendar/weather dashboard

-Bluesky reader that allows you to hide posts you've "seen"

-Work PM dashboard to make time tracking more gamified and dare I say... fun?

-Chrome Reddit extension that hides posts after viewing for X seconds

-A WordPress plugin to replace a plugin no longer maintained

What I love and had to get used to was looking/using these apps and being happy with them being only 90%. Initially I had Claude make many UI enhancements but I learned to just let most stuff go and focus on the function and building new stuff, not refinement.