{"id":17592,"date":"2026-04-07T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/?p=17592"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:27:17","slug":"research-starting-a-web-app-ai-vibe-coding-and-what-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/research-starting-a-web-app-ai-vibe-coding-and-what-actually-works\/","title":{"rendered":"[Research] Starting a Web App in 2026: AI, Vibe Coding, and What Actually Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the 5th year in a row, we&#8217;re running our <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">annual research<\/a> on how people <em>actually<\/em> build web applications. <\/p><p>This year, the landscape has clearly shifted. <a  data-ilj-link-preview=\"true\"  data-featured-image=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-29-at-21.15.15-597x600.png\"  data-excerpt=\"We are happy to announce that we are back with collecting data for our research on how developers and organizations start to build their web applications\" href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/starting-web-app-in-2024-research\/\">AI<\/a> is no longer experimental. Between coding agents, IDE assistants, and &#8220;vibe coding&#8221; platforms, the way apps are built is changing fast. But what&#8217;s still unclear is what people <em>really use in practice<\/em>, not in demos, not on X,&nbsp; but in real workflows.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17593 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1600h1200_1.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><p>So we updated the research. We removed outdated questions, added new ones around AI-driven development, and focused on what matters now:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Which AI models and tools are actually used?<\/li><li>How do they fit into real development workflows?<\/li><li>Where do they help, and where do they still break?<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Take part in an anonymous 3-minute survey!<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>Our goal is simple: understand how web apps are actually built today, across the full spectrum. From no-code and <a  data-ilj-link-preview=\"true\"  data-featured-image=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Post-Light-4-600x600.png\"  data-excerpt=\"Introduction If you work in the internet business, especially as a software engineer, you must have heard about low-code\/no-code (LCNC) tools. Popular tech portals frequently mention no-code nowadays; for example, the google trends chart shows a constantly growing interest in the phrase \u201cno code low code\u201d. The number of investments in low-code\/no-code grew constantly as&hellip;\" href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/blog\/hard-limits-of-low-code-no-code\/\">low-code<\/a> tools, to AI app builders and coding agents, to traditional development. From solo founders to teams and agencies.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ll publish all results openly, as we&#8217;ve done every year.<\/p><p>As a thank-you, every participant will receive <strong>10 credits<\/strong> for Flatlogic and AppWizzy.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re building, experimenting, or planning your next app,&nbsp; your input matters!<\/p><p><strong>To take part in the survey, please click the link below:<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8<\/a><\/p><p>The results of the previous research are below:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2022-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2022-research<\/a><\/li><li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2023-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2023-research<\/a><\/li><li>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2024-research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2024-research<\/a><\/li><li>2025 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2025-research-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2025-research-results<\/a> <\/li><\/ul><p>Thank you for your continued support!<\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 5th year in a row, we&#8217;re running our annual research on how to build web applications. Participate now &#038; get free credits!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":17595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"flatlogic_tldr":"Flatlogic runs its annual research for the 5th year to learn how people actually build web apps in 2026.\nFocus is on real-world AI usage: models, tools, workflows, and where AI helps or breaks.\nTake an anonymous 3-minute survey; results will be published openly.\nParticipants receive 10 credits for Flatlogic and AppWizzy; prior results (2022\u20132025) are linked.","flatlogic_facts":[{"text":"This is Flatlogic\u2019s 5th annual research on how people build web applications.","source":""},{"text":"The survey is anonymous and takes about 3 minutes to complete.","source":"https:\/\/forms.gle\/v7FFXJ9frf9zNCDR8"},{"text":"Every survey participant will receive 10 credits for Flatlogic and AppWizzy.","source":""},{"text":"Flatlogic says it will publish all research results openly, as in previous years.","source":""},{"text":"Previous research results are linked for 2022\u20132025.","source":"https:\/\/flatlogic.com\/starting-web-app-in-2025-research-results"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[678,139,643,409],"class_list":["post-17592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ai-agents","tag-ai-tools","tag-vibe-coding","tag-web-app-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - 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