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Re:100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working ... by phillipclapham on Sunday March 15, 2026 @12:38PM (#47389061)
The hours of design thinking with Claude is exactly it. That's the part nobody talks about because it isn't 'sexy' and doesn't make for a good demo or tweet. But it's the secret sauce IMO.
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Re:100 hour gap between a vibecoded prototype and a working ... by coderenegade on Sunday March 15, 2026 @05:26PM (#47392119)
This. Code generation is cheap, so you can rapidly explore the space and figure out the architecture that best suits the problem. From there, I start fresh and pseudocode the basic pattern I want and have Claude fill in the gaps.
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