6 steps before taking your vibe-coded app to production
The most engineering-credible checklist for hardening an AI-built app.
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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. Budget for this as its own milestone, either a focused week of your own time following a checklist or a short engagement with an engineer who reviews before launch.
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Production vibe coding workflow: from prompt to deploy
A full workflow that builds production discipline in from the first prompt.
Open sitepoint.com →6 steps to make your vibe-coded app production ready
Prioritized fixes, starting with the most common failure: hardcoded credentials.
Open getautonoma.com →Vibe coded prototype to production: how to harden the demo
Draws the prototype-versus-production line precisely, then walks the gap.
Open vibengineer.io →Vibe coded to production: the 14-day playbook
A time-boxed two-week plan if you need a launch date, not a philosophy.
Open appstuck.com →Is vibe coding good enough for production apps?
A sober framework for deciding rebuild versus harden.
Open mindstudio.ai →Supabase security retro: 2025
First-party account of the year vibe-coded apps leaked data, and the safer defaults that followed.
Open supabase.com →Supabase security flaw: 170+ apps exposed by missing RLS
The cautionary tale every Lovable and Bolt builder should read before launch.
Open byteiota.com →Supabase security: RLS, service_role and the CVE-2025-48757 patterns
A checklist mapped to the exact mistakes AI-generated backends make.
Open vibeappscanner.com →When AI has root: lessons from the Supabase MCP data leak
Why giving your AI agent production database access is its own attack surface.
Open pomerium.com →Supabase leaks: what we found
Security researchers show how trivially exposed vibe-coded backends get found.
Open labs.cognisys.group →Supabase security: the hidden dangers of RLS and how to audit your API
A self-audit you can run on your own app in an afternoon.
Open dev.to →How to get the most out of vibe coding
YC's practical guidance on working with AI code you intend to keep.
Open ycombinator.com →The complete beginner's guide to coding with AI: from PRD to first lines of code
Builds the structured habits (PRD, specs, checkpoints) that make production transition survivable.
Open lennysnewsletter.com →The vibe coding hangover: what happens when AI writes 95% of your code?
The failure modes that show up months later, so you can pre-empt them now.
Open hackernoon.com →Deploying vibe-coded applications: a production guide
The deploy-day specifics: environments, secrets, monitoring.
Open tsvillain.medium.com →How to turn a Lovable prototype into a production system
Lovable-specific hardening path, useful if that is your stack.
Open logic-square.com →How to debug AI prototypes
The debugging skills that separate founders who ship from those who stall at 80 percent.
Open blog.techforproduct.com →More in Design & Prototyping
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