Vibe coding is one of those terms that sounds unserious until you notice how many people are actually doing it. The basic idea is simple: describe what you want, let an AI coding tool generate the implementation, run it, adjust the prompt, and keep going. It can feel magical. It can also go wrong very quickly. What vibe coding is good at Vibe coding works best when the problem is visible and forgiving: small prototypes internal tools UI experiments scripts throwaway demos first drafts of a feature In those cases, speed matters more than perfect architecture. You can see whether the result works, and mistakes are usually cheap. Where it breaks The approach becomes risky when the code has to survive contact with real users. Typical failure modes: hidden edge cases inconsistent state management weak error handling missing tests security issues duplicated logic code that "works" but nobody understands The danger is not that the AI writes bad code every time. The danger is that it often writes plausible code.…