I Can't Code, But I'm Running 10 Telegram Bots: My Claude Code Vibeoding Story

The author of an article on Habr openly admits: he doesn't know how to program at all. Neither Python nor JavaScript, nor even a basic understanding of why you need a terminal. Yet right now he has about a dozen Telegram bots running on a single VPS — all of them do useful things, some even help earn money.

How is this even possible

The key tool is Claude Code, an AI assistant from Anthropic for development straight from the command line. The author describes the process as a regular conversation: you explain the task in human language, the AI writes code, you run it and check the result. If something doesn't work — you describe the problem, ask it to fix it. And so on in a loop until the bot starts doing exactly what was intended. No reading documentation, no Stack Overflow, no hours of struggling with confusing syntax.

The author received criticism from "real programmers" after his first article about vibe coding. But he didn't stop: the approach turned out to be not just viable — it became the main working tool. From vibe coding the author "has never left until now."

It's important to understand: this is not a one-time experiment for the sake of publication. It's about an established working process in which a person without technical education regularly deploys working bots to production and keeps them in working condition.

What life teaches without knowledge

The path was far from painless. The author learned Git not through tutorials — but after accidentally overwrote working code with an old copy of a file. Two days went into understanding why "suddenly the old bot came back to life, and the new functionality disappeared somewhere." This is the price at which understanding of version control comes — but it's memorable forever.

Here's how the vibe coder's approach differs from a traditional developer:

• Doesn't know Python — explains the task in words, AI writes working code
• Didn't know Git — learned through painful practice, not theory
• Never opened a terminal — opened it for bots and gradually figured it out
• Doesn't read documentation — asks Claude Code questions directly
• Can't debug manually — asks AI to find and fix a specific error

This isn't "real" programming in the classical sense. But the code is real, the bots are real, and the money is real too.

What's running on the VPS right now

About a dozen bots live on one server. Each solves a specific task: from automating personal processes to tools with real income. The author doesn't reveal details about specific bots, but emphasizes: everything works stably and without constant manual intervention.

Support and development of this zoo follow the same path. Need a new feature — you explain to the AI what exactly. Something broke — you describe the symptom and ask it to figure it out. In fact, Claude Code acts not just as a code generator, but as a permanent technical co-author and first line of support at the same time.

"I was not afraid of criticism from real programmers back then and risked entering vibe coding.

So much so that I haven't left it until now."

What does this mean

The article is living proof that the barrier to entry for creating working digital products has dropped to the level of "I can explain tasks." Tools like Claude Code make possible what used to require months of learning syntax, frameworks and architectural patterns. For entrepreneurs, marketers and simply people with a specific idea, this means: the technical barrier is no longer a deal-breaker. If there's a clear understanding of what the product should do — implementing it has become more real than ever before.

Vibe coding is not a replacement for programming, but an alternative path for those who want to build products without years of immersion in code.