--- title: I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d... description: A developer self-audits SolPulse, his own AI-assisted ('vibe-coded') Solana whale-tracking bot, and finds a stack of production security holes: a fully built... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d Never Ship Again | daily.dev og:description: A developer self-audits SolPulse, his own AI-assisted ('vibe-coded') Solana whale-tracking bot, and finds a stack of production security holes: a fully built... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iHGKj9KHd.png og:image:alt: I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d Never Ship Again og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d Never Ship Again **[Coins Bench](https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer self-audits SolPulse, his own AI-assisted ('vibe-coded') Solana whale-tracking bot, and finds a stack of production security holes: a fully built Auth.js system that is never actually called (every write hardcodes a public user ID), a Telegram account-linking flow that lets anyone hijack another user's alerts with no ownership verification, an unauthenticated config-write endpoint anyone can hit, an unindexed polling query that silently drops trades under load, and a failing lint gate with unused any-types and zero tests. The core lesson: documented intent (README claims) drifted from what the shipped code actually does, and nothing forced them back in sync. He also highlights three good patterns worth keeping — database-level idempotency constraints, converting per-wallet webhook costs to a flat cost, and treating the request path itself as the security boundary to verify. The piece ends promoting his paid 'Vibe-Code Hardening Audit' service. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What are common security vulnerabilities in AI-generated (vibe-coded) web3 apps? AI-generated apps often ship documentation and scaffolding (like full auth systems) that never actually run in the code path, leaving every request unauthenticated. Common issues include account-linking flows that match user identifiers with no ownership proof, caller-supplied IDs used as access control, unindexed hot queries that silently drop data under load, and failing lint gates with unused any-types and no test coverage. _Developers hardening AI-generated code before shipping can track security writeups like this on daily.dev._ ### How should I make webhook-triggered alert writes idempotent when the webhook provider is at-least-once delivery? Enforce idempotency at the database level rather than in application logic, using a composite unique constraint such as UNIQUE(tx_sig, user_id) combined with ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING. This closes duplicate-alert bugs permanently since webhooks like Helius Enhanced Webhooks deliver at-least-once and will retry, and relying on in-memory dedup state instead of a database constraint is a common way AI-generated code gets this wrong. _Engineers designing reliable webhook consumers can find patterns like this while researching idempotency on daily.dev._ ### How can I reduce webhook costs when tracking many wallet addresses on Solana? Use a single global webhook that watches all tracked wallets at once instead of registering one webhook per address, updating its watchlist via a single PUT call whenever wallets are added or removed. This converts webhook spend from linear-per-wallet to a flat cost, avoiding the common mistake of burning through free-tier webhook credits within minutes when tracking many addresses individually. _Builders optimizing on-chain monitoring costs can surface cost-saving architecture patterns like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I keep finding vibe coded apps that leak user data, and I'm not even looking for it](https://daily.dev/posts/i-keep-finding-vibe-coded-apps-that-leak-user-data-and-i-m-not-even-looking-for-it-74ydqzotl) · XDA Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Vibe Coding Hangover: What Actually Happens After Your AI-Built MVP Meets Real Users](https://daily.dev/posts/the-vibe-coding-hangover-what-actually-happens-after-your-ai-built-mvp-meets-real-users-6ssmuvluv) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Do You Clean Up a Vibe-Coded Application Before It Goes Into Production?](https://daily.dev/posts/how-do-you-clean-up-a-vibe-coded-application-before-it-goes-into-production--uwmystbsf) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#web3](https://daily.dev/tags/web3), [#appsec](https://daily.dev/tags/appsec), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#solana](https://daily.dev/tags/solana) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d Never Ship Again","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-15T21:24:19.799Z","dateModified":"2026-08-15T21:24:47.355Z","description":"A developer self-audits SolPulse, his own AI-assisted ('vibe-coded') Solana whale-tracking bot, and finds a stack of production security holes: a fully built...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/00bb0ab192ec2a59f06d80e588d6a709?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/00bb0ab192ec2a59f06d80e588d6a709?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Coins Bench","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Coins Bench","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ba340d3c8caa4c2586911332928e24d9","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"authentication,web3,appsec,vibe-coding,solana","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Coins Bench","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/coinsbench"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"I Audited My Own Vibe-Coded Solana App Here’s What I’d Never Ship Again"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-audited-my-own-vibe-coded-solana-app-here-s-what-i-d-never-ship-again-ihgkj9khd#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are common security vulnerabilities in AI-generated (vibe-coded) web3 apps?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"AI-generated apps often ship documentation and scaffolding (like full auth systems) that never actually run in the code path, leaving every request unauthenticated. 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