Webinar Highlights: Vibe Coding Meets Enterprise Control

We recently hosted a webinar where Chris Obdam, CEO of Betty Blocks, gave a reality check on vibe coding from an enterprise perspective. While vibe coding promises incredible speed in turning ideas into apps in minutes, most tools fall short when it comes to governance, security, and scalability. Chris demonstrated how Betty Genius, Betty Blocks' AI app generation platform, overcomes these shortcomings by combining the speed of vibe coding with enterprise-grade control. Below are the key highlights from the session.

What is vibe coding?

Vibe coding uses AI to convert natural language prompts into working applications in minutes. No code, no sprints, just describe what you want and watch it materialize.

The promise? Fast, magical, and empowering. If you can type a prompt and click a button, you can build an application. Most people using vibe coding tools don't care about the code, as long as it works.

The Enterprise Reality: What happens after the demo?

The speed is incredible, but then reality hits. IT departments are asking: How do you fix bugs in AI-generated code? Who maintains applications built by 5 different people? Where's the security review? Here are the hidden costs of speed-only vibe coding platforms: 

• AI spaghetti code - Every prompt risks overwriting earlier fixes
• Shadow IT - Applications deployed outside governance
• Security gaps - Unchecked code bypasses standards
• No compliance - No audit trails or documentation
• Technical debt - Unmaintainable code that clogs IT backlogs

Enterprises are at a fork: ungoverned chaos or structured adoption with guardrails.

Betty Blocks: Building on solid ground

Betty Blocks takes a fundamentally different approach with Betty Genius. Instead of generating raw code directly, it captures your intent as structured metadata, a living blueprint, and generates code on demand with guardrails built in.

Other tools build on quicksand. Betty Blocks builds on a solid foundation.

The Betty Genius workflow:

1. Prompt with AI: Describe what you need
2. Validate requirements: Build the right solution, not just a fast prototype
3. Generate full application: AI creates the complete structure
4. Customize in low-code: Refine within a governed environment
5. Deploy anywhere: No vendor lock-in via WebAssembly export

Three Core Capabilities of Betty Blocks

1. AI UI Generation: Upload a Figma screenshot and Betty Genius recreates it. Edit components directly or use prompts.
2. AI BPM Builder: Define business logic using BPMN 2.0 standards before development starts.
3. Open Standard Components: Custom components based on standard HTML React—maintainable without external dependencies.

Enterprise control built in

• Governance first: Role-based permissions and approval workflows built into the platform, not bolted on later.
• Security by default: Applications aren't public unless explicitly made so through a consent cycle.
• For IT pushback: Betty Blocks provides materials to help explain governance and security to IT departments.

Why this solves citizen development

Traditional citizen development never took off; too high a barrier to entry. Current vibe coding tools create shadow IT risk.

Betty Blocks bridges the gap: Speed of vibe coding + IT control = secure, scalable citizen development.

The bottom line

Vibe coding is the future, but enterprises need more than speed, they need governance, security, and scalability. Betty Blocks delivers both.

The session also featured many important questions from attendees covering topics like getting started, pricing, integrations, and custom code capabilities.

Watch the full webinar