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Vibe Coding Fundamentals

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Understand the vibe coding paradigm coined by Andrej Karpathy. Learn when to embrace the vibes vs. when to apply engineering discipline. Ship prototypes fast, harden for production later.

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The Vibe-to-Production Pipeline

From prototype to ship-ready in three phases

Vibe coding is great for exploration, but you can't ship vibes. Learn the three-phase pipeline: Explore, Validate, Harden. Know when to transition and what to capture at each stage.

Explore Phase Validation Hardening Git Workflow
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02

When Vibes Break: Failure Catalog

Seven failure patterns and how to recover

The Infinite Loop, The Confidence Trap, The Architecture Drift - learn to recognize when vibe coding is failing and what to do about it before you waste another hour.

Failure Patterns Early Detection Recovery Tactics Prevention
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Prototype vs Production Framework

Decision matrix for hardening vibe code

When does a prototype need engineering rigor? Use this framework to decide what stays as-is, what gets hardened, and what gets rewritten from scratch.

Decision Matrix Risk Assessment Refactoring Scope Technical Debt
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