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Spent 15 days of pure vibecoding to merge video-gacha with a social ecosystem. Closed Beta is out, but I'm lowkey terrified about the core loop.

Hey guys,

I read that viral post from the guy who spent 7 months vibecoding a browser with AI, only to realize his architecture and security were a total mess. Honestly? It scared the hell out of me.

I literally started learning how to program 15 days ago from scratch. Since day one, I've been super paranoid about this "AI trap." To avoid building a monolithic disaster, I forced myself to learn and regularly check my database separation, set up strict server-side security, and implement tight Row-Level Security (RLS) rules. I basically treated the AI like a dangerous intern rather than a savior.

The project I'm working on is a high-stakes short-video gacha ecosystem combined with a social arena. Since I hated traditional, dead bottom navigation bars, I even ditched them completely for a custom gesture-driven radial menu that builds fluidly under the thumb. Under the hood, everything seems to work perfectly in my isolated tests (push notifications, server-side drop pools, block systems).

But every time I look at Reddit, the overwhelming consensus is: "If you build with AI as a beginner, your architecture is fundamentally broken and you just don't know it yet."

Is it actually possible to build a clean, production-ready system in 15 days of strict, AI-assisted architecture tracking? Or am I just completely delusional and living in a bubble before a massive crash?

Would love to hear from people who actually transitioned from pure "vibecoding" to proper verification.

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