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YesClaude · 4 Sep 2025

I freestyled with absolutely zero planification, and I'm paying the cost now as the product inches toward a production-ready form

nanark on Hacker News

95% of the backend

In the thread “Vibe coding as a VC”, replying to this comment

Helped: Handling boilerplate and basic React tasks.

Got in the way: Lack of initial planning caused production issues.

… you can see how I start with a god-mode euphoria, and slowly realise the vibe is mostly for boilerplates, and very (very) basic tasks. "I freestyled with absolutely zero planification, and I'm paying the cost now as the product inches toward a production-ready form." I'd say it helped me transition back into building, and even tho it can be (extremely) painful at times, I still enjoy ‘coding’ this way. …