--- title: "You can vibe code a demo. You can’t vibe code a product" url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-vibe-code-a-demo-you-can-t-vibe-code-a-product-0om0xqvvw source_url: https://leaddev.com/ai/you-can-vibe-code-a-demo-you-cant-vibe-code-a-product type: article source: "LeadDev" published: 2026-06-23T07:00:28.843Z updated: 2026-06-23T07:00:54.551Z tags: ["llm", "genai", "ai-safety", "vibe-coding"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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. # You can vibe code a demo. You can’t vibe code a product **[LeadDev](https://daily.dev/sources/leaddev)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Building a generative AI demo is easy, but shipping a production-ready product requires solving much harder problems. The gap between demo and product involves inference economics (choosing between hosted APIs vs. self-hosted open-source models), fine-tuning tradeoffs, multi-jurisdictional safety and compliance regulations, and rigorous quality evaluation. The '99-step rule' argues that users expect AI products to handle nearly all the work end-to-end. Teams must build golden datasets for regression testing, implement safety guardrails, and think carefully about product-market fit — none of which vibe coding tools can answer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI Models Can Generate Code. That Does Not Mean a Model Can Build a Production Product.](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-models-can-generate-code-that-does-not-mean-a-model-can-build-a-production-product--1iws5ru4i) · C\# Corner · 12 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#ai-safety](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-safety), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-can-vibe-code-a-demo-you-can-t-vibe-code-a-product-0om0xqvvw)