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Shivam
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I promise you you’re vibe coding wrong as someone who has built multiple production-ready applications, with thousands of users, from just Cursor with minimum intervention. But first here's you (probably): You open Cursor. Type “build me mini-app for farcaster.” It spirals. Nothing works. You start over. That’s not development. That’s chaos. I have an incredibly simple system that works every single time:
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Shivam
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Step 1: architecture.md Open ChatGPT (4o, not o1/o3/o4) and say: “ I’m building a [description of your product - the more detailed the better]. Use Next.js for frontend, Supabase for DB + auth. Give me the full architecture: - File + folder structure - What each part does - Where state lives, how services connect Format this entire document in markdown.” Save its output as architecture.md and throw it in an empty folder where your project will live.
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Shivam
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Step 2: tasks.md Now say: “ Using that architecture, write a granular step-by-step plan to build the MVP. Each task should: - Be incredibly small + testable - Have a clear start + end - Focus on one concern I’ll be passing this off to an engineering LLM that will be told to complete one task at a time, allowing me to test in between. " Save it as tasks.md. Again, throw it in the folder.
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Shivam
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Step 3: In Cursor/Windsurf “ You’re an engineer building this codebase. You've been given architecture.md and tasks.md. - Read both carefully. There should be no ambiguity about what we’re building. - Follow tasks.md and complete one task at a time. - After each task, stop. I’ll test it. If it works, commit to GitHub and move to the next. " Include this as well - this is crucial: ### CODING PROTOCOL ### " Coding Instructions - Write the absolute minimum code required - No sweeping changes - No unrelated edits - focus on just the task you're on - Make code precise, modular, testable - Don’t break existing functionality - If I need to do anything (e.g. Supabase/AWS config), tell me clearly "
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