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A free vibe coding checklist
Ship the app.
Keep your judgment.
The Vibe Coder’s Pre-Ship Check is a practical release guide for the moment an AI-built app works—and you need to decide whether it is ready for people beyond your own test account.
Free for new subscribers. Your welcome email includes the checklist bundle and companion skills; unsubscribe whenever you want.
Inside the bundle
A better release decision in twenty minutes.
Enough structure to catch the obvious gaps before they become someone else’s problem—without pretending a short checklist can replace security expertise.
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Two printable worksheets
Name what is changing, test the intended and failure paths, and decide what would block the release.03
10 practical habits
Small working rules for using an AI coding assistant without outsourcing responsibility for the result.04
Three companion skills
The actual Safer Vibe Coding, Vibe Coder Code Review, and Model Policy Skill source files—plus their READMEs and licenses.A useful first move
Test what works.
Then test what must not.
Before you deploy, pick one job an intended user needs to complete. Then choose one action that an unauthorized user must not be able to complete, and one malformed input your app needs to handle safely.
That simple three-part check is more useful than trusting a clean build or a reassuring AI summary.
- 01Run the intended path
Use the actual environment and the account a real user would have.
- 02Run the denied path
Try the same sensitive action with the wrong account or no account.
- 03Know how to stop
Name the person, condition, and rollback or disable path before release.
The point
A working demo is not a release decision.
AI can help you move quickly. It cannot decide what you should expose, trust, ship, or ask a real person to live with. Keep that part of the job human.
Get the check
A quiet pause before a public launch.
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Vibe coding, answered
The questions to settle before launch.
Is vibe-coded software safe to ship to production?
It can be, but a working demo is not proof of a safe release. Before real users arrive, test the actual user path, the path that should be denied, and your ability to stop or reverse the change.
What should I check before shipping an AI-built app?
Start with exposed secrets, access boundaries, production configuration, unexpected input, and the flows that touch money or private data. Then confirm that someone can monitor, pause, disable, or roll back the release.
Do I need to rewrite a vibe-coded app before launch?
Not automatically. Start by understanding the release, adding the checks it is missing, and narrowing the risky parts; a rewrite is a separate decision when the code or architecture cannot support a reliable fix.
How do I test a vibe-coded app before launch?
Run the intended user journey in the environment you will ship, then try a missing account, wrong account, and malformed input. Read the real test, build, lint, and type-check output rather than accepting a summary that says it should work.
Can an AI coding assistant review its own code?
It can help find patterns, explain a diff, and suggest tests, but it cannot own the release decision. Give it a clear review standard, inspect the evidence it returns, and keep a person responsible for what reaches users.
What if I find a risk during a pre-ship check?
Stop the release when the gap affects private data, account access, money, or a consequence you cannot confidently evaluate. Fix or remove the risky path, verify the change, and get qualified help when the stakes exceed your certainty.