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When Your Vibe Coded App Goes Viral—And Then Goes Down

Proof, an AI‑driven, agent‑native document editor, launched and quickly amassed over 4,000 documents before its server crashed repeatedly. The author recounts a sleepless week of debugging, relying on the same Codex agents that built the app to diagnose deep code failures. By the end of the week the service stabilized, offering a real‑world test of “vibe‑coded” development. The experience highlights both the promise of AI‑generated code and the enduring need for human engineers to manage allocation and recovery.