AI coding · How Founders Use AI
How do I take an AI-built prototype to a production-ready product?
A prototype proves the idea can exist; production proves strangers can depend on it. Before real users touch it, do the hardening pass AI tools skip: turn on row-level security and auth rules (the Lovable-Supabase leaks exposed 170+ apps that didn't), get API keys out of the code, add real error handling, a basic CI pipeline, and a database that survives concurrent users. Once it is live, have something watching it, such as Replit's monitoring agent, which investigates production issues. Budget for this as its own milestone, either a focused week following a checklist or a short engagement with an engineer who reviews before launch.
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Replit Monitoring Agent: your very own software engineering team
Replit · Article · Oct 2026
An agent that detects production issues in a published app and investigates them, for founders with no one on call.
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6 steps before taking your vibe-coded app to production
Convex · Guide · 2025
The most engineering-credible checklist for hardening an AI-built app.
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Production vibe coding workflow: from prompt to deploy
SitePoint · Guide · 2025
A full workflow that builds production discipline in from the first prompt.
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6 steps to make your vibe-coded app production ready
Autonoma · Article · 2025
Prioritized fixes, starting with the most common failure: hardcoded credentials.
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Vibe coded prototype to production: how to harden the demo
Vibengineer · Article · 2025
Draws the prototype-versus-production line precisely, then walks the gap.
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Vibe coded to production: the 14-day playbook
AppStuck · Guide · 2026
A time-boxed two-week plan if you need a launch date, not a philosophy.
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Is vibe coding good enough for production apps?
MindStudio · Article · 2025
A sober framework for deciding rebuild versus harden.
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Supabase security retro: 2025
Supabase · Article · Dec 2025
First-party account of the year vibe-coded apps leaked data, and the safer defaults that followed.
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Supabase security flaw: 170+ apps exposed by missing RLS
byteiota · Article · May 2025
The cautionary tale every Lovable and Bolt builder should read before launch.
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Supabase security: RLS, service_role and the CVE-2025-48757 patterns
Vibe App Scanner · Guide · 2026
A checklist mapped to the exact mistakes AI-generated backends make.
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When AI has root: lessons from the Supabase MCP data leak
Pomerium · Article · 2025
Why giving your AI agent production database access is its own attack surface.
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Supabase leaks: what we found
Cognisys Labs · Article · 2025
Security researchers show how trivially exposed vibe-coded backends get found.
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Supabase security: the hidden dangers of RLS and how to audit your API
Fabio (DEV) · Article · 2025
A self-audit you can run on your own app in an afternoon.
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How to get the most out of vibe coding
Y Combinator · Video · 2025
YC's practical guidance on working with AI code you intend to keep.
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The complete beginner's guide to coding with AI: from PRD to first lines of code
Lenny's Newsletter · Guide · 2025
Builds the structured habits (PRD, specs, checkpoints) that make production transition survivable.
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The vibe coding hangover: what happens when AI writes 95% of your code?
HackerNoon · Article · 2025
The failure modes that show up months later, so you can pre-empt them now.
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Deploying vibe-coded applications: a production guide
Tekeshwar Singh · Article · 2025
The deploy-day specifics: environments, secrets, monitoring.
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How to turn a Lovable prototype into a production system
Logic Square · Article · 2025
Lovable-specific hardening path, useful if that is your stack.
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How to debug AI prototypes
Colin Matthews (Tech for Product) · Article · 2025
The debugging skills that separate founders who ship from those who stall at 80 percent.