AI coding tools are brilliant for getting an idea working quickly. But "it runs on my machine" is a long way from software you can safely put in front of customers. Prototypes almost always skip security, real architecture, testing and proper infrastructure.
The path to production is not a rewrite; it's an audit, a prioritised plan, and disciplined hardening that keeps the speed you gained while adding the engineering your users deserve.
We wrote a full guide on taking a vibe-coded app to production, and it's the heart of our Vibe-coded Handover service.