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May 11, 2026 4:53 PM
Vibe Coding is Fun Until You Hit Production
Three hours. That's all it took.
I described a SaaS dashboard to Cursor. It generated the React components. I prompted it again — backend routes, database schema, auth flow. Another prompt. Deployment config. CI pipeline. Landing page.
By lunchtime, I had a working product. Live URL. Login flow. Data persistence. Dark mode. ✨
I posted on Slack: "Just shipped a new tool in one morning. Vibe coding is insane."
By dinner, I had 43 messages from users. Not the good kind.
"I can see other peopl
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I described a SaaS dashboard to Cursor. It generated the React components. I prompted it again — backend routes, database schema, auth flow. Another prompt. Deployment config. CI pipeline. Landing page.
By lunchtime, I had a working product. Live URL. Login flow. Data persistence. Dark mode. ✨
I posted on Slack: "Just shipped a new tool in one morning. Vibe coding is insane."
By dinner, I had 43 messages from users. Not the good kind.
"I can see other peopl