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The Vibe Coder's Handbook

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  1. No. 11 A tangled pile of glowing code lines on the left and a single bright diamond on the right Vibe Coder #1.1: Code Is a LiabilityThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 1.1 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  2. No. 21 A developer adjusting a floating transparent UI dashboard instead of a code editor Vibe Coder #1.3: From Developer to Product EngineerThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 1.3 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  3. No. 26 Glass-like cubes carrying tech-stack icons locking together on a dark background Vibe Coder #2.1: Architectural Decisions – Choosing the Right Stack for AIThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 2.1 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  4. No. 33 A glowing database schema map on dark navy with a red scan line passing over the tables Vibe Coder #2.2: Database and Schema Management – The AI's Context CompassThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 2.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  5. No. 12 Editorial illustration showing a ready-meal tray being carried from a supermarket aisle through the doorway of a professional kitchen. Vibe Coder #3.2: Frontend Prototyping – v0, Bolt.new and the Five-Minute DreamThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 3.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  6. No. 15 A generator in a garden at dusk feeding a dark house through a single cable, with grid pylons and a lit city on the horizon: the metaphor for running a local LLM. Vibe Coder #3.3: Local LLMs – Buying Your Own GeneratorThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 3.3 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  7. No. 18 Mega prompt metaphor: one half of a table holds a dim candle-lit séance setting, the other half an open specification document and a technical drawing under a work lamp. Vibe Coder #4.1: Mega Prompt – From Séance to Spec SheetThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 4.1
  8. No. 22 Cutaway model of a building: a large rule book on a pedestal on the ground floor, smaller linked booklets in the rooms above, and a turnstile with a lowered barrier at the entrance, illustrating AGENTS.md and layered project rule files. Vibe Coder #4.2: Project Rule Files – The Constitution at the Root, By-laws in the FoldersThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 4.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  9. No. 28 An elephant-shaped cake being eaten slice by slice, the cut slices lined up on plates and one waiting with a fork in front: a metaphor for iterative AI coding. Vibe Coder #4.3: Iterative Development – Eating the Elephant One Bite at a TimeThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 4.3 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  10. No. 32 A contactless credit card resting on a plate of tangled spaghetti on a wooden table, a long bank statement spilling off the edge and a stack of copper coins beside it: a metaphor for AI technical debt and its interest. Vibe Coder #5.1: Technical Debt and Spaghetti Code – AI's High-Interest Credit CardThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.1 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  11. No. 36 Teal smoke from a brass oil lamp curls around a sealed glass dome over a stone tablet but cannot get inside, a picture of AI test-driven development keeping tests out of the agent's reach. Vibe Coder #5.2: AI-TDD – Tests First, Then the MagicThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.2 Artificial Intelligence / AI
  12. No. 39 A dawn meadow dotted with orange marker flags, a metal detector resting on a hand-drawn folded map, and a round metal disc half uncovered in the soil: the minefield metaphor for an AI code security audit. Vibe Coder #5.3: Security Audit – Hunting Hidden Mines in AI CodeThe Vibe Coder's Handbook · Part 5.3 Artificial Intelligence / AI