How to Fix the Mess When Vibe-Coded Projects Fall Apart
javascript
dev.to
So your side project was humming along beautifully. You prompted your way through a full-stack app in a weekend, the demo looked great, and then... something broke. And you have no idea why. Welcome to the hangover phase of vibe coding. The term "vibe coding" — coined by Andrej Karpathy in early 2025 — describes the practice of leaning heavily on AI to generate code while you mostly steer at a high level. You describe what you want, accept the output, and keep moving. It's genuinely fun. It's