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> "Thoroughly review and understand the generated code"

That isn't vibe coding though.

Vibe coding means you don't look at the code, you look at the front / back end and accept what you see if it meets your expectations visually, and the code doesn't matter in this case, you "see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy paste stuff, and it mostly works." [1]

If the changes are good enough, i.e. the front/backend works well, then it's good and keep prompting.

You rely on and give in into the ~vibes~. [1]

[1] https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383

Maybe the zeroth tip is "never go full vibe coder."

It can be tempting, but there's so much impact that even small changes to the code can have, and often in subtle ways, that it should at least be scanned and read carefully in certain critical parts. Especially as you near the point where hosting it on AWS is practical.

Even in Karpathy's original quote that you referenced he says "It's not too bad for throwaway weekend projects, but still quite amusing. I'm building a project or webapp, but it's not really coding." Maybe it should have been called vibe prompting.