Vibe coding helps you ship fast But without structure, it breaks...
Prajwal Tomar@PrajwalTomar_
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Apr 06, 2025
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Vibe coding helps you ship fast
But without structure, it breaks everything later.
I’ve shipped 17+ MVPs with Cursor and learned this the hard way.
Bookmark this if you want to build fast without the mess ↓
But without structure, it breaks everything later.
I’ve shipped 17+ MVPs with Cursor and learned this the hard way.
Bookmark this if you want to build fast without the mess ↓
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1. Cursor helps you move fast. But not always clean
I love vibe coding. It feels like magic.
But after the MVP is live, this starts to show up:
- Unused code and packages
- Duplicate logic
- Hacky one-off fixes
- No error boundaries
- Missing validations
The UI works but the codebase is chaos.
I love vibe coding. It feels like magic.
But after the MVP is live, this starts to show up:
- Unused code and packages
- Duplicate logic
- Hacky one-off fixes
- No error boundaries
- Missing validations
The UI works but the codebase is chaos.
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2. The issue isn’t AI. It’s structure
Think of Cursor like a supercharged junior dev.
Fast. Consistent. Helpful.
But it needs:
- Clear goals
- Scoped tasks
- Frequent reviews
- Cleanup after speed
Most people skip this. That’s where things break.
Think of Cursor like a supercharged junior dev.
Fast. Consistent. Helpful.
But it needs:
- Clear goals
- Scoped tasks
- Frequent reviews
- Cleanup after speed
Most people skip this. That’s where things break.
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3. I learned this the hard way
In January, we shipped 4 MVPs in 5 weeks.
Cursor made it smooth.
But two weeks later, I was debugging:
- State flow issues
- Styling conflicts
- Confusing component reuse
- Backend logic bugs
Fast builds, slow recovery.
In January, we shipped 4 MVPs in 5 weeks.
Cursor made it smooth.
But two weeks later, I was debugging:
- State flow issues
- Styling conflicts
- Confusing component reuse
- Backend logic bugs
Fast builds, slow recovery.
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4. What changed: I added async code reviews
We automate almost everything except reviews.
Now, every commit goes through a code reviewer inside GitHub.
This helped us:
- Catch mistakes early
- Standardize structure
- Clean up as we go
- Keep moving without stopping
We automate almost everything except reviews.
Now, every commit goes through a code reviewer inside GitHub.
This helped us:
- Catch mistakes early
- Standardize structure
- Clean up as we go
- Keep moving without stopping
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5. I use @coderabbitai
It’s been one of the most useful tools in our workflow lately. Like a senior dev quietly reviewing everything in the background.
Every PR gets reviewed for:
- Functional bugs and logic errors
- Security risks like XSS, CSRF, SQL injection
- Code smells and duplicated logic
- Readability, maintainability, and best practices
- Time and space complexity
- Unit test coverage
- Error handling for external calls
And it flags all of it in real-time.
It’s been one of the most useful tools in our workflow lately. Like a senior dev quietly reviewing everything in the background.
Every PR gets reviewed for:
- Functional bugs and logic errors
- Security risks like XSS, CSRF, SQL injection
- Code smells and duplicated logic
- Readability, maintainability, and best practices
- Time and space complexity
- Unit test coverage
- Error handling for external calls
And it flags all of it in real-time.
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6. My current AI dev stack
This is how I ship fast and avoid fire drills later:
- Cursor for fast iteration
- Supabase for backend and auth
- CodeRabbit for async reviews
- Vercel for deploy
This stack gives me speed with safety.
This is how I ship fast and avoid fire drills later:
- Cursor for fast iteration
- Supabase for backend and auth
- CodeRabbit for async reviews
- Vercel for deploy
This stack gives me speed with safety.
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7. Final thoughts
Vibe coding is a mindset shift.
You’re not spending months planning.
You’re building right away. Validating early.
But you need structure in the background, especially if you want to scale.
An in-depth tutorial on this is coming soon, stay tuned!
Vibe coding is a mindset shift.
You’re not spending months planning.
You’re building right away. Validating early.
But you need structure in the background, especially if you want to scale.
An in-depth tutorial on this is coming soon, stay tuned!
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TLDR:
- Cursor helps you ship MVPs fast
- But fast builds = messy code if you're not careful
- Structure matters: write a PRD, break work into tasks, review often
- CodeRabbit helps you catch bugs early with async PR reviews
- Build fast, but stay clean
- Speed without structure will always cost you later
- Cursor helps you ship MVPs fast
- But fast builds = messy code if you're not careful
- Structure matters: write a PRD, break work into tasks, review often
- CodeRabbit helps you catch bugs early with async PR reviews
- Build fast, but stay clean
- Speed without structure will always cost you later
