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How a business can use AI vibe coding to work 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Australian Financial Review

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Date Published
13 July 2026
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13 July 2026, 06:00 am

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Me&u AI engineer Ryan Hendler keeps his workday going by assigning complex tasks for his ChatGPT and Claude AI agents to complete while he sleeps.

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This article explores the practical application of 'vibe coding' where AI agents based on Claude and ChatGPT perform autonomous, iterative software development tasks overnight. While focusing primarily on productivity gains within an Australian hospitality tech company, the use of autonomous agents to complete complex coding tasks highlights the encroaching capabilities of frontier AI in software engineering. Such advancements in agentic autonomy are central to discussions regarding oversight and the potential for unintended recursive self-improvement or loss of control in sophisticated AI systems. The piece serves as a case study for how rapid integration of autonomous tools is outpacing traditional governance frameworks within the Australian corporate sector.

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Emma McGrath-CohenReporterJul 13, 2026 – 9.00amCould Ryan Hendler be Australia’s most productive employee? Each night Hendler and his colleagues at me&u, the QR code-based hospitality ordering app, assign their AI tools up to 30 complex, iterative coding tasks, ranging from new features to bug fixes.Because these tasks take hours to compute, Hendler, a 26-year-old AI engineer, realised it was far more productive to let AI continue his workday while he slept, rather than waiting around for execution during the day.Loading...SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleRead MoreAISoftwareProductivityEmma McGrath-CohenReporterEmma McGrath-Cohen is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review. Email Emma at emma.mcgrathcohen@afr.com.auFetching latest articles