Phase 0: Vibe Coding Fundamentals · 25 min · Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, v0, Bolt.new, Replit Agent, or similar

What Vibe Coding Is Good For (And Not)

AI gets you to 70% in minutes. The last 30% is where judgment lives.

Hiring signal: What changes when you use this: you know which projects to vibe code and which to hand to an engineer — which means you stop wasting time on builds that won't scale and stop overpaying for prototypes.

What you will learn

Understand the 70% problem — AI gets you most of the way fast, the last stretch needs judgment
Recognize which projects vibe coding accelerates and which it creates debt for
Match project scope to the right approach
Know when to stop vibe coding and bring in engineering

Your Mission

You'll scope 3 real project ideas through a decision framework and decide the approach for each: full vibe, vibe + review, or engineering review needed. Output: project_scoping.md.

You need: A text editor. Your brain.

Time: 15 minutes.

Step 1: List 3 Things You Want to Build (3 min)

Real ideas, not hypotheticals. Things you actually want to build.

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You've read the first 2 sections. The rest of this lesson covers My 3 Project Ideas, Step 2: Run the Decision Framework on Each (10 min), Project 1: [name], The 70% Problem (Read This), You're Done — plus a hands-on lab, quiz, and project artifact.

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