Case Studies: 0 to Launch
Theory is useful, but nothing teaches vibe coding like watching it happen. This chapter walks through four small-but-real projects, built and shipped end to end by directing an AI. None of them are toys. Each one has users, a name, and money or time on the line.
For each, you'll see the idea, the spec we handed the AI, the stack we chose, the prompts that actually moved the needle, the obstacles that nearly derailed us, and how it went live. Read these as runbooks, not highlight reels. The point isn't that these exact projects matter — it's that the moves repeat. By the fourth one you'll start to recognize the rhythm: a short spec, a managed stack, evidence-driven debugging, and a launch that tests against reality.