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What goes wrong in AI-built apps, why the tool did not warn you, and how to fix it today. Written for the person building the app, not for their future developer.

ROUND 01Security

Keys, logins, payments, and the audit that proves it.

The things that turn a working app into a breach. Read these before you have paying users.

01
Vibe Coding API Key Exposed: How It Happens and How to Fix It Today

Vibe coding API key exposed in your frontend or repo? Why AI tools do it, how to find every leaked secret today, and how to rotate and lock them down.

8 min

02
Vibe Coding Authentication Security: When the UI Is Your Only Wall

Vibe coding authentication security fails when the UI is the only guard. See why AI tools skip server-side checks and how to fix it in Claude Code today.

8 min

03
Is It Safe to Launch a Vibe Coded App That Takes Payments?

Is it safe to launch a vibe coded app that takes payments and user data? What can go wrong with Stripe, GDPR and lawsuits, and how to launch anyway.

8 min

04
How to Check If Your Vibe Coded App Is Secure

How to check if a vibe coded app is secure: a practical security audit checklist for Claude Code, Cursor and Lovable builders, including prompt injection.

8 min

ROUND 02Debugging

Fix loops, production bugs, tests and git.

For the week where one fix breaks three things and the AI keeps apologising.

05
The Vibe Coding Debugging Loop: Why Your AI Keeps "Fixing" the Same Bug

Stuck in the vibe coding debugging loop where the AI patches instead of fixes? Here is how to tell a real fix from a fake one in Claude Code and Cursor.

8 min

06
Vibe Coded App Bugs in Production: How to See What Actually Broke

Vibe coded app bugs in production you can't reproduce? Here is how to add error tracking, logging and monitoring with Claude Code so you stop guessing.

8 min

10
Claude Code Deleted My Code: The Vibe Coding Git Workflow That Stops It

"Claude Code deleted my code" is a git problem, not an AI problem. The vibe coding git workflow that makes any AI rewrite reversible in one command.

8 min

11
How to Test a Vibe Coded App Before You Ship It

How to test a vibe coded app when you have no QA team: manual checks, Claude Code tests, regression suites, and how to tell a real fix from a patch.

8 min

ROUND 03Structure

Codebases, complexity, planning and production readiness.

Why the app gets harder to change the bigger it gets, and what to do about it.

07
Your vibe coded codebase mess: how to untangle it without starting over

Your vibe coded codebase mess has duplicate helpers, three ways to do everything, and a dev who went quiet. Here is how to untangle it without a rewrite.

8 min

08
Vibe Coding Getting Harder as App Grows? Here's Why, and What to Do

Vibe coding getting harder as app grows? Learn why every feature gets more painful, why a dozen prompts can't fix one thing, and how to get moving again.

8 min

09
How to Plan a Vibe Coding Project Before the AI Decides for You

Learn how to plan a vibe coding project so the AI stops making silent architecture decisions. Plan mode, specs and checkpoints for Claude Code and Cursor.

8 min

13
Is My Vibe Coded App Production Ready? The Difference Between Works and Built

Is my vibe coded app production ready? Learn why a working prototype isn't a built product, and run the checklist a CTO would use before you sell it.

8 min

ROUND 04Business & people

Going viral, the bill, the handoff, and getting paid.

The part where the app meets the world, and the world does not behave like the demo.

12
Your vibe coded app went viral. Now what?

Your vibe coded app went viral and everything is breaking at once. Here is the triage order, the fixes, and the launch checklist that avoids the panic.

8 min

14
The Vibe Coding CEO: How Founders Build Debt Their Team Inherits

A vibe coding CEO ships prototypes as products and the team inherits the debt. What to do whether you are the founder or the person cleaning up.

8 min

15
How to Deploy a Vibe Coded App Without the Ops Blunders

How to deploy a vibe coded app properly: hosting, environments, scheduled jobs, backups and a pipeline, so your app survives you closing your laptop.

8 min

16
Vibe Coding Cost: Why Your Credits Vanish in Fix Loops

Vibe coding cost spiralling? Why tokens and credits burn in fix loops, whether a bigger plan helps, and how to cap spend in Claude Code and Cursor.

8 min

17
Vibe Coding Without Understanding the Code: The Team Trap

Vibe coding without understanding the code is how team projects fail review and interviews go wrong. Here is how to keep judgment in the loop.

8 min

18
How to hire a developer to fix a vibe coded app without losing control of it

Want to hire a developer to fix your vibe coded app? Here is what to prepare, what a good dev does first, and how to stay in control of your product.

8 min

19
Make Money With Vibe Coding: Why Nobody Pays for Your SaaS

You can make money with vibe coding, but not with a weekend clone. Why your vibe coded SaaS has no customers and how to validate before you build.

8 min

ROUND 05Why we write

If it helps you fix it yourself, good.

Every article here is built from what real builders wrote in forums about their own apps, and from what a CTO would have said in the room. If it helps you decide to join, good. If it helps you fix the thing tonight without us, also good. You will know what good looks like.

Each one ends with the fix, in Claude Code, today. Not a theory of software.

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