I keep seeing the same pattern across early-stage teams:

the MVP works until it really doesn t.

For many founders, the hardest part isn t getting something online
it s everything that comes after:
infra that cracks under real users
code that no dev wants to touch
rewriting the whole stack
AI-built projects no one can maintain
the moment you realize your prototype isn t a product

I keep seeing the same pattern across early-stage teams:

the MVP works until it really doesn t.

For many founders, the hardest part isn t getting something online
it s everything that comes after:
infra that cracks under real users
code that no dev wants to touch
rewriting the whole stack
AI-built projects no one can maintain
the moment you realize your prototype isn t a product

I keep running into the same pattern with AI coding tools: I type a quick starter prompt, get something that looks promising for a moment, and then, inevitably, it collapses into messy code and outputs I never wanted in the first place.

I ve seen this happen to others too. The tool isn t the problem. The problem is the prompt. Or rather, the lack of structure, clarity, and intention behind it.

So I m curious:

How do you plan your prompts when working with AI for code generation?
How much context and detail do you include up front?
Do you start small and iterate, or do you specify the entire mental model before generating anything?
What habits or prompting frameworks have actually helped you get clean, reliable code?

Hey there,

What are the biggest issues/problems you currently have with building and Testing APIs with existing tools like Postman, Insomnia etc?

The real founder coding vibe:

• You ship a small fix break 3 things

• You deploy confidently production crashes

• Local works perfectly Vercel says nah

• You spend 1 hour coding 4 hours debugging

• Slack notifications hit instant anxiety

Founders know the pain:
You re coding, marketing, fixing bugs, writing docs, and answering customer emails all at the same time.

What s your funniest or most painful founder-coding moment recently?
Let s vibe in the chaos

We ve got a big update: after ten years, we re officially sunsetting the Golden Kitty Awards.

I ve noticed that my workflow has changed completely over the last year. I rarely start a new project with a blank file anymore. Instead, I pick a template, reuse snippets, or let an AI helper suggest the structure and then I just vibe my way through the build.

It s faster, but sometimes I miss the old blank screen energy, when every line felt handcrafted.

I m curious how others here approach it:

Do you still prefer to build from scratch?

AI dev tools are evolving crazy fast , every few weeks there s a new must-try for vibe coders.

Some people are building full products with @ChatGPT by OpenAI and @Replit , others swear by @Cursor and @Claude by Anthropic , and a few are mixing @Lovable + @v0 by Vercel + @bolt.new to ship apps in record time.

I ve been refining my own vibe stack lately, trying to find that sweet spot between speed, control, and creativity.
It made me wonder ,what does your setup look like right now?