Articles

Vibe Coding

41 articles on this topic. See all articles

Get the next guide by email

Practical guides on building with AI, free in your inbox.

How to Stop Your Website From Looking Like AI Slop

★

The 10 signs of AI slop I found on 120 AI-built pages, why they make good work look cheap, and an 8-step fix with prompts so your site stops looking AI-generated.

Oct 28, 2026
24 min

What GitHub Actually Gives You, If You Never Write Code

A filing system that remembers, a place where one job holds one conversation, and a computer that runs while you sleep. Coding was the first use, not the point.

Sep 2, 2026
14 min

This MCP resolves 99% of your search problems. And it can pay you money.

★

How I accidentally built an AI agent that earns me $0.002 per run. And what the pay-per-result means for anyone using and building AI tools right now.

Jun 8, 2026
18 min

Claude Code + NotebookLM: 9 Use Cases I Run Weekly to Save Hours and Tokens

★

Connect NotebookLM to Claude Code via MCP in 15 minutes. Two install options, 9 weekly use cases, save hours and tokens without a Perplexity subscription.

Apr 27, 2026
27 min

Everything I've Built With AI: Apps, MCPs, and Working Systems

A living portfolio of public apps, member tools, private systems, and retired experiments, with the build story and current status of each one.

Apr 21, 2026
14 min

Everything Vibe Coding

The complete guide to vibe coding — tools, prompts, production mistakes, and 17 articles from someone who's shipped 12 apps this way.

Apr 21, 2026
16 min

How to Build an MCP Server in 2026: 5 Patterns I Actually Shipped

★

Every way to build an MCP. Which MCP pattern fits your project, how to build it step by step, what works and what breaks. Every command verified from 6 real MCPs I shipped.

Apr 15, 2026
34 min

The Claude Hub

Everything on Claude: projects, examples, MCP, skills, plugins, agents, and prompts. 35+ guides on every term, every build, and every comparison, organized by what you're trying to figure out.

Apr 11, 2026
30 min

I Tested Claude Code Against 7 AI Coding Tools on the Same Website — The Deep Audit Changed the Rankings

★

Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, Firebase, and Gemini CLI on the same spec. 3-stage evaluation. One crashed. All 8 failed social SEO.

Mar 20, 2026
36 min

Make the Most of Claude Code: 15 Projects From Your First Prompt to an AI System That Runs Itself

Difficulty levels, time estimates, and the exact first prompt for each, whether you've never opened a terminal or you're ready for your fifth app.

Feb 18, 2026
37 min

Research with Claude Code: Validate Your App Idea in 70 Minutes

★

A case study where I researched 16 sites in 70 minutes and found 7 goldmines. Here's the exact AI research stack, the 9 prompts I used, and a framework you can copy for any niche.

Feb 4, 2026
18 min

How to Build an AI Digest App with Replit: Complete Step-by-Step Guide

★

From idea to live web app — the ChatGPT planning system, phased build prompts, real costs, and the production fix every first deploy needs

Jan 28, 2026
24 min

Master Constraint Prompts for Vibe Coding

★
Jan 19, 2026
11 min

The Production Playbook: Advanced Patterns

★
Jan 18, 2026
68 min

The 5-Round Planning Methodology: How 60 Minutes Saves 23+ Hours

★
Jan 18, 2026
24 min

Vibe Coding Example: AI Daily Digest

★

A complete breakdown of building a production app using the 5-Round Planning Methodology

Jan 18, 2026
54 min

Templates: Copy-Paste Prompts That Work

★

Use these 5 templates to start vibe coding and make it production-ready

Jan 18, 2026
51 min

Quick Wins with Vibe Coding: Tactical Challenges

★

30 minutes to your first feature. 2 hours to locked architecture. One weekend to a deployed AI app. Copy-paste prompts and checklists included.

Jan 18, 2026
43 min

The Production-Ready Playbook for Vibe Coding

★
Jan 18, 2026
2 min

The Universal AI Prompting Framework for Claude, Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable

★

One framework that works across every AI coding platform — the 5 techniques that matter, the 10 habits to drop, and how to adapt for each tool.

Jan 14, 2026
16 min

8 Vibe Coding Mistakes That Break Apps After You Ship

The security holes, context failures, and architectural drift that only show up after you've already shipped something

Dec 31, 2025
16 min

How to Prompt AI to Build Any App

★

The 7-round conversation system that resolves architecture before you open Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Replit, Lovable, or Bolt — with fill-in templates for every round

Dec 23, 2025
18 min

Your Vibe-Coded App Isn’t Production-Ready — Until You Smoke Test It

★

How to catch brutal bugs, skip the unit test rabbit hole, and ship with real confidence.

Dec 17, 2025
25 min

Call for AI Builders: Let’s Get More Eyes on Your Work

I’m expanding build to launch Friday stories to platforms that drive meaningful discovery

Nov 21, 2025
10 min

Cursor 2.0 Is Rewriting the Future of AI Coding — And What That Means for Builders

A hands-on deep dive into the tool that’s blurring the line between coding, creation, and collaboration.

Nov 5, 2025
18 min

How Two Prompting Strategies Made My AI Code Production-Ready

★

Most AI code breaks because there’s no prompting strategy. Here’s how to guide AI to ship code that actually works in production.

Oct 29, 2025
27 min

The Definitive Guide to Cost-Effective AI Building: From $0 to Launch Without Burning Cash

★

Everything you need to launch working products using free tiers, low-cost stacks, and strategic prompting — from prototype to production.

Sep 24, 2025
11 min

The Essential Software Engineering Practices Every AI Builder Needs to Know

★

Start with the critical few that solve 80% of build-to-launch AI problems

Sep 17, 2025
16 min

How to Make Vibe Coding Production-Ready (Without Losing Your Mind)

How to ship production apps with AI without the security holes, technical debt spirals, and skill atrophy that trap most vibe coders.

Aug 20, 2025
15 min

From Solo to Shipped — The AI Builder Directory I Needed When I Started

Build to launch 3x faster with a builder‑first home for projects, people, and practical resources.

Aug 13, 2025
9 min

Claude Code for Beginners: Build Your First Project in 30 Minutes

Install Claude Code and build your first project in 30 minutes. No coding required. Step-by-step for complete beginners.

Aug 6, 2025
16 min

How to Build a Voice-First AI System That Thinks With You

★

Local Whisper, 4 processing modes, global hotkeys — voice input in every app on your computer, zero API costs

Jul 30, 2025
13 min

SEO for AI: How to Make Your Product Discoverable by LLMs

★

How No-Code Sites and Substack Posts Can Become Invisible to AI (Unless You Fix This)

Jun 25, 2025
17 min

AI Can Build Your Personal Website Within Minutes. What’s More Important?

How to go from AI scaffolding to a personal site that actually reflects you.

Jun 11, 2025
9 min

How I Built an AI Email Digest App with Cursor

From overflowing inbox to a scored reading list, with BART, Hugging Face, Gmail API, and Cursor in one afternoon

Mar 7, 2025
12 min

The Hidden Struggles of Choosing the Right Building Stack

I stumbled through these frameworks and deployment methods so you don’t have to

Feb 28, 2025
5 min

Build a Substack Niche Analyzer With Python and Cursor: The App That Started as My Own Research Tool

How to build a Substack niche analyzer with Python and Cursor. Includes the Vercel API bug that broke it on deploy, and how to fix it.

Feb 24, 2025
13 min

When Your AI API Goes Down: 6 Backup Lessons From a Real LLM Outage

6 lessons from a live DeepSeek outage — what breaks when your LLM goes down and how to build a real backup

Jan 31, 2025
11 min

Build an AI Content Repurposing App With Cursor and Claude Code

I Made a Note-Generating App to Free My Brain, Because I Want to Stay Lazy and Stay Connected — And You Can Too

Jan 24, 2025
7 min

7 Things Nobody Warns You About Launching Your First Vibe Coding App

What nobody warns you about launching your first vibe coding app: 7 real lessons from hosting hell across 5 platforms, packaging failures, and the 10/90 rule.

Jan 11, 2025
8 min

How I Built an AI Photo Search App With Cursor and CLIP

My first AI build searched local photo folders by description. The Cursor, Flask, and CLIP setup, the two rendering bugs, and what I changed next.

Dec 9, 2024
7 min