I just vibe-coded my first app. And it wasn’t even for what I originally planned.

For months I’d been developing a concept for a cognitive training application, waiting for the right moment, the right infrastructure, the right start. Then one afternoon, necessity took over.

I’ve been using HubSpot CRM to track people and companies in my job search. But I’m old-school enough to think better with physical cards in front of me — so I wanted an easy way to export data and print flashcards I could actually work with.

Twenty minutes with Claude later, I had a working app: feed it any CSV of company or contact data, get a clean set of printable cards.

It was a reminder of something worth keeping front of mind: when building with AI, 90% planning still beats 90% vibing. The apps that get people in trouble are the ones shipped without solid requirements, defined workflows, or basic security constraints. AI makes execution fast — it can’t replace the architecture you bring to it.

Plan first. Then build.