I tested every AI vibe-coding tool to finish a real project, and they all choke at the same point

A hands-on evaluation of AI vibe-coding tools reveals a consistent failure pattern: while these tools excel at generating impressive initial prototypes quickly, they consistently struggle past the 70% completion mark. Key problems include regression during iteration (fixing one bug breaks another), credit-burning debug loops that make pricing models punishing, and lack of true ownership or portability of what you build on free tiers. The author, a design student with limited coding experience, documents these issues across multiple tools including Claude and Replit, concluding that vibe-coding tools are genuinely useful for demos but not yet reliable for shipping finished products.