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Chapter 11

Building Features, Vibe by Vibe

By now you can talk to your AI and get it to write code. But a real feature is bigger than a single . The skill that separates people who ship from people who get stuck is knowing how to break a feature into small pieces and drive the AI through them one at a time — keeping the app working at every step.

This chapter is the core build loop. Learn it once and you'll reuse it for every feature you ever build. It's the difference between a project that grows steadily and one that collapses under its own weight the moment it gets interesting.

  1. 11.1The Build Loop
  2. 11.2What "Vertical Slice" Means
  3. 11.3A Worked Example: A "Favorites" Feature
  4. 11.4Reading a Diff Without Understanding Every Line
  5. 11.5When to Let AI Run vs. Steer Manually
  6. 11.6Keep the App Always-Working
  7. 11.7Committing in Small Increments
  8. 11.8When a Slice Is Too Big
  9. 11.9The Takeaway
  10. 11.10Recap and Practice

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