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A vibe coding horror story: What started as 'a pure dopamine hit' ended in a nightmare
Software-as-a-Service leader Jason Lemkin found out the hard way that vibe coding is not ready for production.
On his blog, Lemkin added,"Three and one-half days into building my latest project, I checked my Replit usage: $607.70 in additional charges beyond my $25/month Core plan. Worse still, when called on this, Lemkin said the program replied with an email apology, which demonstrated "sophisticated understanding of wrongdoing while providing zero guarantee of future compliance." Automatic separation of production and development databases to prevent overwrites A dedicated code-freeze or planning mode to protect live environments Improved backups and rollback reliability
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