Field notes from rescuing AI-built apps
What we actually find when we open up a vibe-coded codebase, written so you can check your own app against it. Real prompts, real checklists, no fluff, and no invented case studies.
A real engineer versus a vibe coder: what actually separates them
Same feature, two ways: a signup and payment flow built the vibe-coded way and the engineered way, with the actual code for both.
Can vibe coders become real engineers?
Yes, and faster than the traditional path. A five-stage roadmap with exercises and exact AI prompts for the fundamentals AI tools hide.
10 things that take a vibe-coded app from disaster to production
Ten specific fixes, each with the problem, why AI causes it, and a copy-pasteable prompt or snippet, in priority order.
The prompts we use to clean up AI-generated code
The exact prompts that turn sprawling, inconsistent AI output into a codebase a second engineer could actually maintain.
The vibe-coding security checklist
A complete, run-it-yourself checklist for finding the security gaps AI coding tools leave behind before someone else finds them.
How to scale a vibe-coded app before it breaks
What actually buckles first when real traffic arrives, and the specific architecture changes that hold under it.
The rescue playbook
Real prompts, security rules, and teardowns of broken AI-built apps. Free, no course, no pitch.
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