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.
Beginner-friendly debugging notes for AI-generated code, covering errors, file paths, database problems, broken forms, and confusing app behaviour.
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.
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.