Foundations
What vibecoding actually is, when it works, and the mindset that makes it produce something real.
What vibecoding is
The definition, the mindset, and an honest read on where it works and where it fails.
4 cards →Do you actually understand vibecoding?
Five questions on what vibecoding really is — the mindset that ships working software, and an honest read on where it fails. No sign-up, instant score, and you can share how you did.
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Q1 What is vibecoding?Why
The checking step is the method, not an optional extra. 'Never looking at the code' is the caricature — and the version that reliably produces an impressive mess.
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Q2 What are the three moves you repeat when vibecoding?Why
Describe, verify, iterate — at a slice small enough to check. Describing several features in one prompt breaks the loop, because you can no longer tell which part failed.
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Q3 The code looks right. Why isn't that enough?Why
Skipping verification because output looks plausible is the single most common way vibecoding goes wrong. Presentation is not proof.
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Q4 Does vibecoding mean you never need to understand code?Why
Vibecoding shifts how the code gets written. It doesn't remove the need to understand it — and treating it as an identity ('vibecoder' vs 'real dev') misses that these are two tools for different jobs.
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Q5 The easy 80% of your app vibecoded smoothly. What does that tell you about the risky 20%?Why
Smooth progress on the well-trodden 80% is not evidence about the hard 20%. That assumption — and picking a genuinely novel problem as your first project — are the two ways people get the wrong read on vibecoding entirely.