What "vibe-coded" means here
It means a product assembled quickly with AI assistants, copied snippets and little review. It can look finished and still be unsafe to change: missing auth, mixed environments, no tests and secrets in the repo.
The sequence Zygrix uses
| Stage | What we do |
|---|---|
| Audit | Run it, read auth and data paths, list what users already depend on. |
| Stabilize | Fix the unsafe parts first: access, secrets, backups, broken deploys. |
| Prove | Add tests and a way to ship without guessing. |
| Extend | Only then add features or a rewrite of a slice. |
When we keep the code
We keep it when the product has users, the core flow can be made safe and a rewrite would pause the business. AI-assisted engineering is used to move faster. Senior engineers still own architecture and review.
When we recommend a rewrite
- There is no reliable way to run or deploy what you have
- The data model cannot represent the real work
- Security issues are structural, not a short list of fixes
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