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Note · 1 July 2026

[de] 16/26 Design

Vibe Coding. Websites that belong to you.

Number
J16 / 16/26
Section
Design
Date
1 July 2026

I no longer assemble websites from building blocks, I build them through language. This is called Vibe Coding. The site becomes fast, secure, and in the end it belongs to you.

The workshop behind the website. An ensemble of roles, each with its own craft.

Building through language

Most websites are still made in page builders. You stack blocks on top of each other, install a tool here, a plugin there, and at some point a site is running that nobody fully understands anymore. I work differently. I describe in plain language what the site should be, and I build it with Claude Code, step by step. This way of working is called Vibe Coding. Building through language, not through clicking.

That sounds convenient, but above all it is precise. Every decision is spoken out loud before it is built. Nothing sits in someone else’s system that you are only allowed to rent.

Building through language does not mean less control. It means more.

Structure, image and stance. Three roles that work on every site.

Why the old sites are tired

Three to six seconds of load time is normal for classic page-builder sites. Every second costs visitors and ranking. Then there is the maintenance. Database, login, plugins, all of it needs care and hardening, or it becomes a way in. In the end you pay for contracts that only exist so that nothing breaks.

What I build instead is lean. No database, no public-facing login, no plugins. The usual kinds of attack simply do not apply to this way of building. And the site typically loads in under a second, worldwide.

The site belongs to you

This matters most to me. In the end, everything belongs to you: the site, the code, all access. You are never tied to me. You also receive an AI file for your website. With it, you tell your own AI in plain words what should change, and it makes the change. If you prefer, you can hand the maintenance entirely over to me, but you do not have to.

The Editor. When moving images come in, she cuts the rhythm.

A studio, not a single tool

Almost anyone can make a page appear through language these days. The difference lies in the workshop behind it. I do not work with anonymous technology but with a fixed ensemble of roles, each with its own craft and its own name. The Colorist develops the color world, the Architect orders structure and pathways, the Photo Editor sits at the light table with the photographs. The Curator watches over stance and selection, the Guardian checks privacy and security, the Film Editor cuts the moving images, and the Chronicler records what was decided.

For every website, this studio is set up anew. While others tap around a bit with an AI, your site runs through a well-rehearsed team here. That is the difference between a tool and a workshop.

Illustrated figure of the Colorist with a fan of color swatches and a chameleon The Colorist Color and mood
Illustrated figure of the Architect with a blueprint and a schnauzer wearing glasses The Architect Structure and pathways
Illustrated figure of the Photo Editor with a camera and a cat The Photo Editor Photography craft
Illustrated figure of the Curator with a picture frame and an elegant cat The Curator Attitude and selection
Illustrated figure of the Guardian with keys and a bulldog The Guardian Privacy and security
Illustrated figure of the Film Editor with a film strip and a parrot wearing headphones The Film Editor Moving images
Illustrated figure of the Chronicler with a book and a turtle wearing glasses The Chronicler Documentation
The studio as an ensemble. Seven roles, one craft. Illustrations created with AI, following my visual world.

Craft with new tools

For me this is not a break, but the same stance as in photography and design. The tools change, the eye remains. The AI can do something I could not do as quickly on my own, but it does not take the decisions off my hands. What stays and what has to go, that is still my call.

Few things, but precise. That holds for a logo, for a picture, and it holds for a website.

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Even where my images are no longer made photographically, the question remains the same.