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Admin tokens in localStorage and URLs: a common vibe-code failure
Why reusable admin tokens in browser storage and query strings are a medium-severity pattern we fix early.
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Vibe Coding & Engineering
How AI-built products move from fragile prototypes toward secure, maintainable production software.
19 articles
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After the vibe-code audit: handoff package for founders
What we deliver after an audit: severity table, proof boundaries, fix order, and next engineering plan.
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Client-side secrets and price config: stop trusting the browser
Why prices and privileged config in frontend bundles get abused - and the correct ownership model.
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CORS * and public analytics endpoints on vibe-coded products
Why open CORS plus unauthenticated analytics dumps create privacy and XSS-adjacent risk.
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From vibe prototype to production: a practical checklist
A checklist to promote an AI-built prototype into something you can run with clients: security, gates, data, and ownership.
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How we rescue vibe-coded MVPs without shaming the founder
Our process for taking a fast AI-built MVP into a safer production path: triage, harden, rewrite critical paths.
Vibe Coding & Engineering
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Payments and secrets on vibe-coded apps
Stripe webhooks, underpayment, idempotency, and stopping API keys from shipping in the browser on AI-built products.
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Prompt stepping: shell first, brains second
A reliable vibe-coding pattern: build UI shells before wiring AI logic, so each change stays reviewable.
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Protecting API tokens in vibe-coded apps
Why tokens are passwords, why they must never ship in public frontend code, and what to do if one leaks.
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Public webhooks and payment underpayment risks on AI-built sites
How unauthenticated workflow and payment endpoints create underpayment and abuse paths - and how we close them.
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Rate limits for admin login and promo codes (why vibe apps skip them)
How missing lockouts enable password and promo brute force - and the minimum controls we install.
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Rewrite vs patch: deciding what to keep from a vibe-coded codebase
How we choose between surgical fixes and rebuilding the critical path of an AI-generated site.
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Security audit for vibe-coded websites: what we check first
A studio checklist for auditing AI-generated sites: public endpoints, payments, admin, headers, and secrets.
Vibe Coding & Engineering
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Testing and CI/CD for vibe-coded apps
Minimum testing and pipeline practices when the UI was generated by AI builders - so handoff to engineers does not collapse.
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Vibe-coded site hardening checklist (studio version)
A practical hardening list: secrets, webhooks, payments, admin, headers, backups, and ownership.
Vibe Coding & Engineering
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Vibe coding auth, databases, and migrations (beyond the demo login)
How AI-built apps botch auth and data layers - and a practical path to real sessions, RLS, and safe migrations.
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Limits of vibe coding: when you need real engineering
Where natural-language builders stop being enough: payments, auth, multi-tenant data, rate limits, and ownership.
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Vibe coding with AI site builders: chat left, preview right
How AI site builders work in practice: natural-language prompts, live preview, and iterative product building without a traditional IDE first.
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What is vibe coding? Building products by describing them in natural language
Vibe coding means shipping UI and workflows by talking to AI builders in plain language - power, limits, and when real engineering starts.