When Vibe-Coded Ideas Meet the Real World of Software
- wahidium
- 5 hours ago
- 5 min read
Over the last year and a half, we’ve seen something genuinely new happening in software creation: the phenomenon of vibe code to real software revolution!
At Kaz Software, roughly 35 to 40 founders have come to us with viable, working platforms they built themselves using Vibe coding. These were not demos or mockups. Many of them had already run pilot tests. Some had real users. A few had even sold licenses and subscriptions. What unified all of them was the same realization: the product worked, but it didn’t scale.
In some cases, the platform performed well with one or two customers but started breaking down as soon as usage increased. In others, performance degraded, data became inconsistent, or security concerns surfaced. None of this was surprising. Vibe coding is exceptional at getting ideas off the ground, but production-ready software is a different discipline altogether.
"What was surprising, and deeply exciting, was who these founders were."
Founders Who Would Never Have Built Software Before
Every single one of these vibe-coded platforms came from founders who, in a previous era, would never have built software on their own. They might have had the idea for years, but not the budget, the technical confidence, or the belief that building software was even possible for them.
"Vibe coding changed that completely."
These founders were domain experts. They understood their problems better than any external product manager ever could. And with AI-assisted development tools, they were suddenly able to translate that understanding directly into working software.
One story stands out clearly.
A Bakery Owner, a Supply Chain Problem, a Vibe-Coded Solution, and the real software
One founder we worked with is a woman in her late forties based in the United States. She has been running a bakery business for over 25 years and operates multiple stores. For years, inventory management was one of her biggest operational headaches. Coordinating ingredients, forecasting demand, managing deliveries, and ensuring each store had the right stock at the right time required endless Excel sheets, phone calls, and handwritten notes.
She explored existing software solutions, but they were either far too expensive or designed for large franchises rather than a business with four or five locations. So she did what most business owners do. She stuck with spreadsheets and manual work.
That changed when she was introduced to vibe coding. With some guidance from her son and a handful of tutorial videos, she started using Cursor and simple natural-language prompts. Because she understood her business so deeply, she was able to describe exactly what she needed. Slowly, a custom inventory and supply chain system emerged, tailored precisely to her operations.
She started using it internally and saw immediate value. It replaced Excel. It reduced phone calls. It eliminated a large portion of the paper-based coordination she had relied on for years.
But it wasn’t perfect.
Where Vibe Coding Reaches Its Limits
As she continued iterating through prompts, bugs appeared. Data occasionally became inconsistent after updates. Performance issues surfaced as usage increased. The system relied on a very basic database setup that worked initially but wasn’t suitable for more complex, multi-tenant scenarios.
Even for her own operation, it became clear that the software needed professional oversight. And as she began to realize that this problem was shared by thousands of mid-sized bakery businesses worldwide, a new opportunity emerged. This wasn’t just an internal tool. It could be a commercial product.
That’s when investment interest followed. And that’s when we came in.
From Vibe-Coded MVP to a Scalable Product
Our role in this journey has been very different from traditional software development. The product was already about 50 to 60 percent complete when it reached us. Requirements were clear. The feedback loop had already been validated in the real world. The founder knew exactly what worked and what didn’t.
"What the product needed was the remaining 40 percent that turns a working prototype into production-ready software. That meant cleaning up vibe-generated code, stabilizing data flows, improving performance, adding proper security layers, and rethinking parts of the architecture. For example, replacing simplistic database setups with cloud-grade databases, introducing in-memory storage like Redis, and preparing the system to handle growth reliably." - Lead Developer
We approached this work using a combination of experienced human architects and modern AI coding assistants. This hybrid approach allows us to move fast while maintaining the discipline required for production systems.
The result is a product that stays true to the founder’s original vision while being robust enough to scale.
A New Model of Software Creation
This pattern is repeating itself across many founders we’ve met. In the past, someone like this bakery owner would have had to raise significant capital just to get started. Even then, the cost of building custom software in markets like the US would likely have been prohibitive. Companies like ours would traditionally come in much earlier, taking on the entire build from scratch.
Vibe coding changes that equation entirely.
Founders now do the first 60 percent themselves, on their own time, at their own pace, guided by their domain expertise. By the time a professional team gets involved, the software is already shaped, tested, and validated. There is far less waste, fewer misunderstandings, and dramatically lower cost.
"This is not just more efficient. It is fundamentally more inclusive."
What We’re Seeing Across Vibe Coding Platforms
Based on our direct experience and a broader internal survey of founders at various stages, we’ve also observed interesting trends in the tools non-technical founders gravitate toward. Lovable currently appears to be the most popular platform among non-tech founders, followed closely by Bolt and Replit. Cursor tends to come slightly later in adoption, largely because it benefits from some technical familiarity or support.
Each of these tools plays a role in lowering the barrier to entry. Some prioritize speed and ease of use, while others produce cleaner codebases that are easier to professionalize later. In practice, we often see founders starting on one platform and gradually migrating as their confidence and needs evolve.
Why This Matters for the Future of Software
What we are witnessing is not a temporary trend. It is a structural shift in how software gets made. Vibe coding allows people who deeply understand problems to build solutions directly, without waiting for funding, teams, or permission. Professional software companies no longer need to replace that process. Instead, they enhance it.
At Kaz Software, we see our role evolving into exactly that space. Helping founders move from vibe coding to production-grade software, cleaning up AI-generated code, strengthening architecture, and making deployments secure and hassle-free.
Software creation is becoming accessible to everyone. And with the right professional support at the right moment, those early vibe-coded ideas can turn into serious, scalable businesses.
