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Cody De Arkland is the senior director of developer experience at Sentry, leading a team that empowers developers to build and ship software with greater safety and efficiency. Watch him speed-run the creation of a 3D multiplayer flight simulator—from scratch—in just 15 minutes, demonstrating the power (and creativity) that vibe coding enables.
What you’ll learn:
How to approach building complex applications with AI by starting broad and iterating on specific features
The process of using multiple AI coding assistants simultaneously to build different components
Techniques for learning new technologies and frameworks through AI-assisted exploration
How to troubleshoot and fix issues when AI implementations don’t work as expected
The parallels between building fun projects and enterprise software with AI assistance
Strategies for keeping AI tools focused when they go off track or add unwanted features
The incredible velocity and productivity gains possible with modern AI coding tools
How anyone can now build sophisticated applications with minimal prior experience
Where to find Cody De Arkland:
Website: https://codyde.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/codydearkland/
X: https://x.com/Codydearkland
GitHub: https://github.com/codyde
Where to find Claire Vo:
ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/
Website: https://clairevo.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/
In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction to Cody
(02:45) AI tools he’s using
(04:38) How Cody vibe coded a multiplayer game: Spaceflight
(09:37) Demo: Starting a new flight simulator project from scratch
(13:49) How to learn about libraries and technologies for projects
(17:06) First run of the new flight simulator game
(19:26) Using multiple AI coding assistants simultaneously
(20:43) Unexpected features and visual improvements
(21:26) Testing the multiplayer functionality
(22:31) Reflecting on the development process and iteration
(26:47) Lightning round and final thoughts
Tools referenced:
• Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
• Windsurf: https://windsurf.com/
• Claude: https://claude.ai/new
• Bolt: https://bolt.new/
• React: https://react.dev/
• v0: https://v0.dev/
Other references:
• Sentry: https://sentry.io/
• MCP: https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol
• Spaceflight: http://spaceflight.gg/
• Three.js: https://threejs.org/
• Socket.io: https://socket.io/
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