Schmidlkoffer abandoned manual coding for DuckMath once AI 'vibe coding' emerged
Maddox Schmidlkoffer · I Make $15K/Month From One Website · Mar 1, 2026 · at 4:33
Maddox Schmidlkoffer, founder of DuckMath, explains to Starter Story host Pat Walls how generative AI coding tools replaced his manual development workflow.
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“Especially when vibe coding got big, I've really never touched the coding part anymore. It made it a lot easier to just focus on the marketing part for the design.”
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