The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that vibecoding emerged last year as artificial intelligence improved at creating software code. Guest columnist Kalley Huang writes that without knowing anything about programming or writing a line of code, people can describe an idea to an AI tool, which can build a custom website or app for them. But as with many things AI, just because something is easy to build doesn't mean people will use it. For instance, it is not clear if vibecoding is breathing new life into Apple's App Store or just cluttering it. Last year, the number of new apps released in the App Store grew 30 per cent to about 600,000. Apple takes a 30-per-cent cut of in-app purchases such as subscriptions, or 15 per cent from smaller developers. Theoretically, the more apps in the App Store, the more revenue for Apple. But Apple can't take its cut if consumers don't download and buy things from apps -- and downloads from the App Store haven't taken off. Last year, they grew 3 per cent to 35.4 billion. Even if they aren't being downloaded and used, all of the new apps demand resources and labour from Apple. The company manually reviews apps before they are released or updated in the App Store.