Hi,
Is there anyone who has experience with vibe coding to create or modify apps for Homey?
I am an amateur when it comes to writing apps, but I would like to try building something. However, the tools that Homey provides are still a bit too complex for me.
If there are people who have done this successfully, I would love to hear how best to approach this and which programs they use…
No, but i’ve been thinking about it. Even had a chat with ChatGPT about it…
But my experience with ChatGPT is you need some solid knowledge about a subject to get the right answers. So I don’t think its the right tool for coding… So still looking…
I often say, “I cannot code my way out of a paper bag”, but I’m currently working with Claude on a Hubitat to Homey app for myself. I hear and acknowledge the arguments against vibe coding, but I cannot refute the good results. No experienced developer has shown interest in such an app, but this was something I really wanted for myself so I thought I would give Claude a try. I cannot believe how quickly and accurately it has produced exactly what I needed.
I let GitHub Copilot do small features and fixes in some of my projects. Some of the recent features of FlowBits are all coded by GitHub Copilot and reviewed by me. Some explanation and feedback is required, but it does the job well enough.
It helps if you have a project already that the AI can understand before doing work.
Did you try Claude Code? I guess if you provide the apk it should do it but it will more likely consume a lots of tokens. I also want to try but I need an idea first 
claude.ai has built the app via the free service. I’m not in a rush, so waiting several hours before I can add more prompts is fine with me. Gives me time to test and at least look through what it has built, even if I don’t have the skills to do better. This code is for me and anybody that wants to make it better for themselves. I’m not suggesting that anyone shouldn’t treat it with extreme skepticism.
I’ve witnessed it gasslighting me and outright lying during this process, but I’m not going to get emotional about the output from an LLM. I’m getting the results I needed for my personal use.
actually i was asking chatgpt to create an homey app to ‘by using the latest sdk, showing the cheapest flight between schiphol and london using google flights’. it spit out all the code and modules , api’s plus how to implement using cli. have not tested this output but using ai to create an app might be possible. however, i think that this example is more prompt coding than vibe coding.
but it becomes prompt assisted vibe coding, when i iterate and try everytime until it finally works.
i for sure want to create my own app now using these techniques. thanks for bringing this up.
