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The Vibe-Coding Rescue Economy Exists for One Reason
There's a guy on Reddit making a full-time living fixing vibe-coded apps.
But the most interesting thing he said wasn't about the founders hiring him.
It was this:
"About 70% of what I end up fixing is stuff the founder could have checked themselves in an afternoon."
That line stuck with me.
Because it means the rescue business isn't booming because building with AI is too hard.
It's booming because nobody told founders what to check before they shipped.
And I see this every week.
People are shipping real products.
Apps they described in plain English.
Apps they prompted into existence.
Apps with paying customers.
Honestly, I love that.
That is the promise of this whole moment.
But there is a quiet gap between:
"It works on my screen."
and
"This is safe to put in front of customers."
That gap is exactly where the rescue invoices come from.
The good news?
That gap is checkable.
You do not need to become an engineer to close it.
You just need a short checklist you run every single time before you deploy.
Here are the four things that break most often and how to fix them:
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The Vibe-Coding Rescue Economy Exists for One Reason
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