How to
“Not”
Vibe Code 😄🤖 (A Guide for Real Engineers)
Somewhere right now, someone is shipping a SaaS with nothing but prompts, vibes, and hope ✨. The demo works. Twitter claps 👏. And the codebase? Nobody understands it 😅
Welcome to vibe coding. (The honeymoon phase)
Vibe coding is fun 🎉. You describe things, AI writes code, and suddenly you’re moving at light speed ⚡. For prototypes and demos, it’s pure magic 🪄.
But production is not a demo 🚨. And engineering is not vibes.
Here’s what usually happens 👇
The code grows 🌱. Features pile up 🧱. And one day… a weird bug appears 🐛. Now nobody knows how anything works. You’re not debugging anymore — you’re praying 🙏😄 (The Wall)
That’s the hidden cost: you traded speed for understanding 🧠❌
AI is amazing 🤖❤️ But AI is not your architect 🏗️. Think of it like a super-fast junior dev 👶⚡:
He writes boilerplate, tests, and first drafts 🧾.
You decide the structure, boundaries, and design 🧠🗺️.
A simple test 🔥:
If a human can’t understand and safely change your code without re-prompting everything… you didn’t build a system. You generated a mess 🫠
Vibe coding isn’t evil 😄. It’s perfect for MVPs, demos, and experiments 🧪🚀.
But when real users, real money, and real uptime show up 💸👥⏱️ — vibes are not enough.
In short
Use AI as a fast junior engineer: let it generate boilerplate, explore approaches, and write first drafts—but keep architecture, decisions, and ownership in human hands. Design the system yourself, use AI to accelerate execution, and always review, refactor, and understand what ships to production.
At ○●VoidCore ⚙️, we believe in AI-first, not AI-only 🤝🤖🧠.
Use AI everywhere. But keep the thinking human.
Because when production is on fire 🔥… the AI won’t be on the call.
You will 😄📞
Final truth:
The future is not “prompt-only”.
It’s engineers who think + AI that builds 💪🤖
So yes… enjoy the vibes ✨
Just don’t build your foundations on them 🏗️😄