What Is Vibe Coding
Vibe Coding is my term for the AI-collaborative development workflow. The core concept: you define requirements and make architectural decisions; AI handles code generation and iteration.
This isn’t “letting AI code for you” — it’s positioning yourself as a technical PM who precisely describes the system behavior you want in natural language.
The Full 3-Hour Build Process
Hour 1: Requirements & Architecture
I spent 20 minutes writing a requirements spec:
Goal: Personal quiz learning site
Features:
- Question categories (Python syntax / Linux commands / Options calculations)
- Each question shows prompt, choices, and answer explanation
- Progress tracking (local localStorage)
- Progress visualization (completion rate per category)
Technical constraints:
- Pure static, no backend needed
- Deploy to Cloudflare Pages
- Mobile-first
Hour 2: Generation & Iteration
Used Claude to generate the HTML/CSS/JS skeleton, then went through 7 rounds of iteration:
- Adjusted color scheme (dark theme)
- Fixed mobile padding
- Added progress bar animation
- Fixed localStorage logic bug
- Added question randomization
- Adjusted font sizes
- Added keyboard shortcuts
Hour 3: Testing & Deployment
# Deploy to Cloudflare Pages
wrangler pages deploy . --project-name quiz-site
Takeaways: When Vibe Coding Works Best
✅ Good for:
- Rapid prototype validation
- Personal tools, small projects
- Known architecture, unknown implementation details
❌ Not great for:
- Core modules requiring deep business logic understanding
- Applications with complex state management
- Systems requiring fine-grained performance tuning
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