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Nicanor Korir
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VibeCheck - Community Help for AI Builders

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DEV Weekend Challenge: Community

This is a submission for the DEV Weekend Challenge: Community

The Community

VibeCheck serves "vibe coders" - the growing wave of non-traditional builders using AI tools like Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, and Replit to create real products. They're not "learning to code" - they're building businesses, MVPs, and passion projects with AI assistance.

These builders inevitably hit the "70% wall" where AI can't finish the job. When things break:

  • Vendor solutions assume they know how to navigate complex codebases
  • AI tools keep repeating the same broken solutions
  • No existing community understands their unique experience

They deserve a community that meets them where they are.

What I Built

VibeCheck is a community platform that helps vibe coders get unstuck and learn from each other.

Key Features:

  1. AI Triage Coach - Describe your problem in simple words. Get a "rescue prompt" optimized for your AI tool - not code fixes, but better questions to ask your AI.

  2. Screenshot Analysis - Paste a screenshot of your error. AI vision analyzes it and helps you describe the problem clearly.

  3. Prompt Quality Feedback - Real-time scoring helps you write better problem descriptions before asking for help.

  4. Community Help - Post requests, get suggestions from other users, earn points for helping and interacting.

  5. Prompt Library - Share "what didn't work → what worked" prompt swaps. Learn from others' breakthroughs.

Demo

Video Demo: Checkout this Loom VibeCheck Demo

Live App: https://vibecheck-community.vercel.app/

Code

GitHub logo nicanor-korir / vibecheck-community

VibeCheck - Community Help for AI Builders

Vibe Coder SOS

Got 70% done with AI? We'll help you finish the last 30%.

A community platform for vibe coders using Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit, and more. Built for the DEV Weekend Challenge.

The Problem

"Vibe coding" has exploded — the global market for vibe coding platforms is now $4.7 billion, with 63% of users being non-developers. But there's a critical gap:

"Non-engineers can get 70% of the way there surprisingly quickly, but that final 30% becomes an exercise in diminishing returns."

When something breaks, non-developers are stuck:

  • 66% of developers say AI solutions are "almost right, but not quite" — leading to time-consuming debugging
  • Stuck in loops: copy error, paste, get new error, repeat ("The fix breaks something else. You ask AI to fix that. It creates two more problems.")
  • Stack Overflow feels intimidating, YouTube tutorials don't answer specific questions

The Solution

We don't replace…

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How I Built It

Tech Stack:

  • Next.js - React framework with App Router
  • Supabase - Authentication, PostgreSQL database, Row Level Security
  • Google Gemini - AI triage coaching and vision-based screenshot analysis
  • TypeScript - Type-safe development
  • Tailwind CSS - Styling
  • Vercel - Deployment

Key Implementation Details:

  • AI Triage generates "rescue prompts" tailored to specific AI tools (Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, etc.)
  • Vision API analyzes error screenshots and translates them into clear problem descriptions
  • Real-time prompt quality scoring uses pattern matching to help users write better requests
  • Community features include points, rewards for helping, and gamification

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