The vibe coding movement, as Paul Copplestone figures it, started last December—and we’re already a few eras in.

“So, wave one of vibe coding was like, ‘You’ll never need more software,’” said Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, an open source application development platform. “Wave two is, ‘Oh, you’ll never need to write code again.’… And then wave three, which we’re in now, is where these ideas converge—there’s a nice happy path for anyone who’s on their mobile, looking to build an app. They start on mobile, kick it across to their laptop, and then it scales out.”

Copplestone is in a unique position to monitor the vibe coding movement. His company, which provides backend infrastructure for AI and no-code platforms like Bolt and Lovable, grew its user base from one million to no

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