How Do You Debug an App You Vibe Coded but Don’t Fully Understand?
A practical debugging workflow for vibe coded apps that half-work but no longer make sense.
Modern tools. Old-stack common sense.
A practical debugging workflow for vibe coded apps that half-work but no longer make sense.
Why AI bug fixes can break nearby features, and how to keep patches small enough to trust.
A practical copy-paste prompt for slowing AI down before it changes bug-fix code.
How to keep a vibe coded app understandable before the fast first version turns into project archaeology.
How to decide when a vibe coded feature needs one more fix and when it needs a smaller rebuild.
A beginner-friendly checklist for the first things to check when a vibe coded app breaks.
Before handing a bug to AI, shrink the problem first. A smaller repro saves tokens, reduces bad fixes, and makes debugging less messy.
Vibe coding works best when you stay in charge: give AI fresh files, ask for small changes, test everything, and keep product judgement human.
A practical guide to prompting ChatGPT, Claude, and other LLMs for coding, debugging, writing, and small web projects without losing control of your workflow.