I Built a Vibe Coding Mess, GitHub Was the Start of Taking Back Control (opens in new tab)

So you're vibing with an AI coder. Maybe it's Lovable, Bolt, or just the Replit ghost. And it feels like magic. You type a few words, and poof, a full-blown React component appears. It's an unbelievable accelerator. For a while. Then you hit the wall. You ask the AI to add one more feature before you launch, and it cheerfully breaks your signup flow. Now you have no way to undo the change. Days turn into weeks as you try to untangle the mess. Your potential users are waiting. Your competition...