Vibe Coding Opens up Opportunity: Insights from a CREAO Ambassador in Indonesia

Building practical tools, growing a community, and empowering domain-native builders

The CREAO Discord community is growing fast. It’s a rich vibrant space filled with builders sharing ideas, working their apps, comparing concepts, helping each other debug. People figuring out vibe coding together.

Meet Viking Karwur, a CREAO Ambassador

From Bekasi, Indonesia, Viking brings 20 years of experience building open-source communities across Asia Pacific, and he's bringing vibe coding to Indonesia.

What stands out about Viking: he's focused on lifting his community up. By sharing his knowledge he wants to help vibe coders build better tools that help people live better lives. He wants to work locally and he's out there introducing CREAO to campuses and communities across Indonesia.

Here's what vibe coding means to him, how it's being used, and where he sees it going.

Building real tools that solve everyday problems

In practice, vibe coding excels at building practical, production-adjacent tools—internal dashboards, reservation systems, document archives, community platforms, church and non-profit management systems, and simple business workflows. These are not experimental projects. They solve everyday operational problems. In campus workshops, students can go from zero to usable MVPs in days rather than months, even with limited prior technical background.

Vibe coding starts with intent, not syntax

Vibe coding, to me, is less about writing code and more about redefining who gets to build software.

Instead of starting with syntax, frameworks, or complex tooling, vibe coding begins with intent. Builders describe problems in natural language, iterate through conversation, and collaborate with AI as a thinking partner. This creates a development flow that prioritizes clarity, speed, and real-world usefulness.

Iteration beats perfect prompts

Vibe coding is not about a single perfect prompt. It's about structured iteration: starting with problem intent, breaking systems into clear steps, locking patterns early, and reviewing AI output critically. Clear thinking consistently matters more than deep technical expertise. The ability to articulate problems well often matters more than knowing how to write code from scratch.

How to Get Started

The best way to start with vibe coding is to focus on a real, everyday problem rather than technology. Look for simple workflows that are still handled manually or with spreadsheets—such as event registration, room bookings, member lists, or basic approvals. Start small. Describe the problem in plain language (even in Bahasa Indonesia), build step by step, and test quickly with real users around you—classmates, colleagues, or community members. Campuses and schools are ideal environments to begin, as they often provide free internet access and have many practical needs that can be solved internally. You don't need to be a developer to get started—just someone who understands a problem and is willing to iterate.

A simple room booking and scheduling system for a campus, school, or community space is a great first project. It replaces spreadsheets and chat-based coordination with a clear workflow: define rooms, submit booking requests, avoid conflicts, approve requests, and display a shared calendar. It's easy to visualize, highly useful, and perfect for learning through real use.

Where vibe coding is headed

Vibe coding will produce more domain-native builders rather than only traditional developers. Educators, community organizers, non-profit leaders, and small business owners will increasingly build their own tools. The most valuable skill will shift from writing code to framing problems and designing workflows.

I see CREAO as more than a platform—it is a catalyst. CREAO has already demonstrated how AI-native building can empower people who have ideas but lack traditional technical pathways. By making natural language a first-class interface for creation, CREAO enables experimentation, learning, and rapid prototyping.

Bringing vibe coding to Indonesia

From Indonesia, this shift is especially meaningful. The country has a large and growing pool of young talent, especially in universities and schools. However, there are real structural challenges. Internet connectivity is not yet evenly distributed, and data access remains relatively expensive for many people. Fortunately, campuses and schools often provide free, government-supported internet infrastructure, making them strategic environments for learning and experimentation.

Looking toward 2026, I plan to introduce CREAO AI projects into campuses and schools across Indonesia, leveraging existing educational infrastructure and free internet access. At the same time, I aim to strengthen CREAO's presence in major cities through regular community meetups and hands-on workshops. This dual approach—education-driven adoption and grassroots community building—is essential for growing a sustainable and inclusive CREAO ecosystem in Indonesia, while ensuring that CREAO's global vision is shaped by diverse, real-world perspectives.

Visit the Discord Community to work with Viking, or check out Viking’s apps in the Marketplace under the user name MadebyVK and try out what he is building. Or visit Viking on X @madebyvk to follow his activities.