Pigford 'vibe codes' prototypes before passing them to professional engineers
Josh Pigford · He Built MY Startup Idea and Sold It in 8 Days ($15K Side Hustle) · Jul 25, 2025 · at 18:03
Josh Pigford explains his engineering division of labor at his startup Maybe.
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“So like at maybe there's four of us working on that product. And one of them is I, I'll, I would say another engineer because I'm doing a ton of coding, but he's the actual engineer. Like he's the one who's actually really knows what he's doing on the engineering side. And so much of our process between he and I is, Like I'll vibe code something super fast just to test out the idea or the UX behind it or whatever, and then I'll code it, then I'll push it to get, and then he'll go in and like essentially clean up my mess.”
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