Vibe Code. Ship Safely.

Practical guides on AI-assisted development, production hardening, DevOps, and the future of software engineering — written by the team at Diffian.

DevOps

Your Vibe-Coded App Is Live — Now What? A Founder's Guide to Monitoring

Most vibe-coded apps ship with zero monitoring. Here's what breaks when you can't see what's happening in production, and how to set up error tracking, uptime alerts, and observability in an afternoon.

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Mark Jones
4 April 2026 · 9 min read
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DevOps

CI/CD for Non-Engineers: Why Your Deploy Process Matters More Than Your Code

Bad code with a good deployment pipeline is safer than good code deployed manually. Here's what CI/CD actually means, why manual deploys are a liability, and what a production-grade pipeline looks like — in plain English.

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Mark Jones
4 April 2026 · 8 min read
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DevOps

From Prototype to Production: A Step-by-Step Guide

Getting from "it works on my machine" to an enterprise-grade production system is a journey with six distinct stages. Here's what actually happens at each step — and what breaks if you skip ahead.

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Mark Jones
10 March 2026 · 10 min read
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Tools

Vibe Coding Platforms Compared: Cursor vs Bolt vs Lovable vs Replit vs Claude Code

Each platform takes a fundamentally different approach to AI-assisted development. We've built real projects with all of them so you can choose the right tool for your situation.

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Mark Jones
20 Feb 2026 · 12 min read
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Security

The Hidden Costs of Shipping Vibe-Coded Apps Without Engineering Support

AI tools get you 80% of the way there fast. But the remaining 20% — security hardening, compliance, monitoring, CI/CD — is where the real risk lives. Here's what you're missing.

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Mark Jones
5 Feb 2026 · 8 min read
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Strategy

Why Vibe Coding Is the Future of Software Development

For the first time in history, the people who understand problems best can build solutions themselves. Vibe coding isn't a shortcut — it's a fundamental shift in who gets to create software.

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Mark Jones
15 Jan 2026 · 7 min read
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