Tech Horizon with Anand Vemula

RAG-Enhanced Vibe Coding Using Your Codebase 🟢 Introduction LLMs have changed the way developers write code—but they often generate output that looks smart, yet ignores your existing architecture, utility layers, or naming conventions. That's where Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) enters the scene. RAG-enhanced Vibe Coding marries LLMs like Claude or GPT-4 with selective search over your own codebase , so the AI doesn’t just generate plausible code—it generates your kind of code . By injecting in-context examples, API patterns, and local utilities from your private repos into the prompt, RAG ensures code generation feels like it's coming from a senior engineer on your team—not from a detached autocomplete engine. This article explores how to integrate RAG into your dev workflows, what tools to use, and how to build LLM prompts that reflect your unique engineering style and standards. 🧑‍💻 Author Context / POV As a staff engineer overseeing AI tooling for a distribu...

Low-Code UI Generation from Design Prompts with React & Vue 🟢 Introduction Building beautiful and functional web UIs used to demand tight collaboration between designers and front-end developers—often with lots of back-and-forth. But now, thanks to low-code platforms powered by AI, a simple prompt like "login form with email validation and Google sign-in" can instantly generate a responsive front-end built in React or Vue. This evolution is a game-changer for lean product teams and rapid prototyping. By converting UI intent into clean, component-based code, businesses can ship faster, iterate smarter, and reduce the cognitive load on front-end engineers. In this article, we’ll explore how low-code UI generation from natural language prompts works, its benefits and limitations, key tools in the ecosystem, and real-world applications. 🧑‍💻 Author Context / POV As a UI engineer-turned-product lead, I’ve helped startups reduce time-to-MVP by leveraging low-code and A...

Adaptive Code Generation Based on Style Guides Vibe Coding engines  Adapt output to match your team's style (indentation, comment style, naming conventions) via shared config prompts. 🟢 Introduction In today’s fast-paced development environments, consistency in code style is no longer just about aesthetics—it's essential for maintainability, scalability, and team velocity. Yet, aligning dozens of developers to a unified style guide can feel like herding cats, especially across distributed teams. Enter adaptive code generation: a new class of AI-driven tools that generate code customized to your team’s naming conventions, formatting rules, and commenting style—automatically. These engines are powered by generative AI models fine-tuned through shared configuration prompts, enabling them to internalize and apply your team’s coding DNA in real-time. Whether your style leans toward Google’s GoLang idioms or Airbnb’s React best practices, adaptive coding agents can now act as comp...

Collaborative Pair-Programming with Vibe Coding 🟢 Introduction  Coding used to be a solitary process. You’d write, test, debug, and maybe call over a teammate for help. But now, the landscape has changed. AI-assisted pair programming isn’t just coming—it’s already redefining how developers build software. Welcome to Vibe Coding : where developers collaborate live with AI assistants inside their IDEs. Whether it’s asking, “Show me the CRUD implementation again,” or requesting “Add retry logic to this API call,” the AI responds instantly—regenerating context-aware code in real time. It’s not about replacing devs, but amplifying them. With AI as a fluent co-pilot, developers now shift from being the sole problem-solvers to orchestrators of intelligent suggestions. These sessions aren’t just autocomplete—they’re dynamic conversations with a tool that understands the codebase, best practices, and project history. In this article, we’ll explore how collaborative pair programming w...

Integrated Debugging Workflows with AI Suggest Detect runtime errors or CI failures and use natural language to debug— 🟢 Introduction  Debugging is often the most time-consuming part of the software lifecycle. Runtime errors, flaky tests, and CI/CD pipeline failures can bring entire deployments to a halt. And while observability tools and logs provide data, translating that data into action remains largely manual. What if AI could do more than just report the problem? What if it could help fix it? That’s now a reality with AI-powered debugging assistants that integrate directly into your dev workflows. Ask questions like, “Why is this service returning 500?” and get back actionable explanations—with potential fixes. Instead of scrolling through logs or digging through Stack Overflow, developers can rely on models that understand both the runtime context and the codebase. This article explores how to build and optimize AI-integrated debugging workflows that not only detect e...

Secure by Default: Vibe Coding with Built-In Security Rules 🟢 Introduction In today’s AI-powered development landscape, security is not a bolt-on feature—it’s the baseline. As developers increasingly rely on large language models (LLMs) to auto-generate code, a new risk emerges embedding vulnerabilities at scale. From SQL injections to unvalidated inputs, LLMs can unintentionally replicate insecure patterns unless guided properly. This is where prompt-engineering takes center stage. Just as linting and CI pipelines enforce code quality, carefully crafted prompts can force LLMs to align with security benchmarks like OWASP Top 10 and SOC2 controls. Developers can vibe with coding assistants, but only when those assistants come with guardrails. In this article, we’ll explore how to encode security directly into the prompts we use with LLMs—building systems that are "secure by default." You’ll learn how to set prompts that automatically validate inputs, avoid insecure APIs, a...