DevOps and Vibe Coding: A Journey

If there's one thing I've learned within the last six months as I've been building ChatClipThat.com, it's that even with AI assisted development, orchestration and DevOps is a very deliberate process. Between my orchestration VPS, my Xano backend for routing and database, and my GCS GPU pipeline, I've found myself in a unique position of being able to, first hand (from a learner's perspective), share things to do, and things not to do. Let's start with things to do. Mapplication Map your application either on paper, in a spreadsheet, or using graphics/flowcharts. This is the first step. Understanding the Actors (variants of users) and the Flows (the paths they can take to interact with data) is paramount for smooth development. Iterate Over Research You have an idea, you have the vision: which route do you take? Supplement guessing, building and rebuilding (and rebuilding again), and confusion with dedicated research. You don't have to open a textbook, but you should be asking question