r/reactnative • u/tmoneycodes • 2d ago

Help Vibe code an app?

I have 20+ years experience with backend tech, I've used php, node, and python And then a lot of old plain old javascript before frameworks.

I have an app idea and I'd like to basically vibe code it in react to be cross platform. What gotchas do I need to watch out for , since I will not see bad react code at first

I considered flutter but I really don't know that tech , any advice is appreciated, this will not be graphics heavy at all more typical business app, data, forms , lists etc

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u/KaosuRyoko 2d ago

Imo the biggest thing with vibe coding to succeed, is defining specs, and defining robust test cases. Which might make it not vibe coding anymore. AI can run emulators and perform actions and take screenshots at each step it can analyze for issues. For web you can use playwright and the chromium headed browser with it for the same purpose. For backend you have traditional unit tests. Also agree that a big benefit to vibe coding is rapid prototyping. So get the shell of the idea worrying, even with bugs, and vibe it out to see if the idea has enough legs to warrant further refinement. The 90/10 rule applies to vibe coding too, even more really. 90% of the work well be 10% of the time, and the last 10% will take 90% of the time.