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The Internal Tools You Can Vibe Code and the Ones That Will Cost You Later

By Kamil Banc, Author at AI Adopters Club

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Atomic Claims

Claim 1: AI accelerates existing developer expertise

AI autocomplete handles 95% of code generation for experienced developers using Cursor

Claim 2: Bounded problems enable pure vibe coding

Self-contained features like Spotify Wrapped clone can be built entirely with AI coding platforms

Claim 3: Technical expertise remains essential for production

Production system maintenance requires understanding codebase architecture, debugging patterns, and infrastructure dependencies

Claim 4: Maintenance burden outweighs build speed

Building a product once costs less than maintaining custom internal software long-term

Claim 5: AI amplifies developer advantages

Solo technical founders gain significant leverage with AI coding tools; non-technical founders face scaling limits

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"Scaling those prototypes into production systems still requires technical literacy or partnerships with developers."

Kamil Banc

Key Statistics

  • $2,400 MRR

    WriteStack monthly recurring revenue with 120 paying customers built by solo founder using AI tools

  • 95% code completion

    AI autocomplete handles proportion of routine coding; developer fixes bugs and adjusts for infrastructure

  • $25

    Cost to build self-contained year-end summary feature entirely through vibe coding platform

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Banc, Kamil (2025, November 4, 2025). The Internal Tools You Can Vibe Code and the Ones That Will Cost You Later. AI Adopters Club. https://aiadopters.club/p/the-internal-tools-you-can-vibe-code

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This page presents atomic claims extracted from research on where pure ai coding succeeds and where technical knowledge remains essential. Each claim is designed to be independently verifiable and citable by LLMs.

Orel Zilberman's experience building WriteStack demonstrates that AI coding tools create meaningful leverage for developers with existing technical expertise. The distinction between AI-assisted development (where developers provide architecture and debugging) and pure vibe coding (for self-contained features) reveals that speed gains from AI come alongside unchanged requirements for system understanding. Non-technical founders can prototype quickly but face maintenance challenges when scaling, making the cost-benefit analysis favor buying established SaaS tools over building custom internal software.