Vibe coding is broken
Yeah, I said it. For new entrepreneurs with no coding skills thinking you can just vibe your way to a full product, just don’t. Seriously, think about it!
I get the appeal. Open an AI tool, type your dream idea, and boom, you’ve “built” an app. Feels like magic. Feels like you’re skipping the years of grind and getting straight to product launch. But the truth? That shortcut isn’t a shortcut. It’s a trap.
Why vibe coding sounds good but fails in real life
Security will bite you
When you let AI stitch together random code, you inherit all its blind spots. The bugs, the sloppy shortcuts, the security holes - they’re yours now. And no investor, customer, or regulator will care that “the AI did it.” The blame is yours.
Dependencies will drown you
Vibe coding tools spit out code that pulls in libraries you don’t understand. Six months later, something updates or breaks, and now you’re staring at an error log with no idea what’s going on. What started as “fun and fast” becomes “fragile and costly.”
Scalability isn’t optional
Sure, you can ship a prototype this way. But can it handle real traffic? Real users? Payments? Data privacy rules? Usually not. Vibe-coded projects crumble under pressure because they weren’t designed with growth in mind.
Stop thinking as a vibe coder
Learn enough to know what’s under the hood. Even if you don’t code full-time, basic literacy matters.
Bring in real engineers early. They’ll save you from painful rebuilds later.
Treat AI as an assistant, not an architect. It can accelerate you, but it can’t replace the discipline of software design.
Thank you for reading - Arjus
