Most people treat software as something handed down from far away. A team you’ll never meet decides how your screen should look, which buttons you press, and how you move through your day. We accept this without thinking, the way you’d accept the layout of a rented apartment. But software isn't like that. Instead, it’s a tool on your desk. You should be able to shape it, fork it, and make it yours. We refuse to let a software engineer on the other side of the world dictate our digital experience and being. Coding used to be this mysterious skill. Unless you spent years learning the right syntax, you weren’t allowed to change anything. Now AI removes that barrier -- vibe coding lets anyone shape, build, and design their own digital space by simply speaking your intentions to the computer. Of course you don’t need to build everything yourself or rebuild the OS, just like you don’t need to sew your own shirts in the 21st century. But you should keep enough ability—and agency—to change your environment when the default stops fitting you. The point isn’t self‑reliance for its own sake; it’s keeping control over the things you use for hours every day. If you feel a gap in your workflow, make an app. Start by describing the job it should do. Imagine how you want it to look and feel. Then let AI handle the parts that used to require a full engineering team. Your work is to supply taste: to question every screen, every button, every assumption. What do I actually want here? What can be removed? Making your own app helps you see better what you want. Building your own tools forces you to clarify your intentions. You end up not only with software that fits you, but with a sharper sense of what you’re trying to achieve in the first place. That's the whole point -- not just to build better tools, but to build a clearer you.