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6 things every vibe-coded app needs to pass before you launch.
The Wiz study (May 2026) found 20% of vibe-coded apps in production have serious vulnerabilities. Master of Code (May 20 2026) found 45% ship with at least one security flaw. Martin Fowler's "VibeSec Reckoning" called it systemic. Most of the gaps are checkable in 30 minutes by a non-technical founder with a checklist. The $99 human read applies the same checklist to your live app and gives you a stop/go list before paid traffic.
The 6 sections, in order
1
Intake forms
Where do submitted emails / uploads / accounts actually go? Is there server-side validation? A delete / redact path? Highest-blast-radius section in 2026 — silent data leaks start here.
2
Privacy copy
Is the privacy policy specific to what the app actually does? Honest about retention? Has a working contact path? Regulator's first stop if a complaint lands.
3
Checkout evidence
Is the processor the one you think it is? Can you prove a payment from the processor dashboard, not the app? Is there a refund path? Is test mode separated from live?
4
Upload boundaries
Hard size cap? Content-type check (not just extension)? Upload dir outside the web root? Top-3 source of vibe-coded incidents — defaults are permissive.
5
Auth promises
Passwords hashed, not stored plain? Session expiry? Login rate limit? Token-based, time-limited password reset? Each missing check is a different incident shape.
6
Fulfillment claims
Is every marketing claim something the app does today? Is the "powered by" claim honest? Is there a stated delivery window for human actions? The gap between claim and reality is the silent cancellation driver.
The 30-minute self-audit score bands
Walk the 6 sections, score yes/no per question (23 questions total). Then look at your band.
22-23 / 23 · Ready
Ready for paid traffic. Keep the checklist. Rerun before every major change.
17-21 / 23 · Probably
The 1-3 gaps are fixable in a half day. Fix them, then launch.
12-16 / 23 · Not ready
The gaps compound. Pick the 3-5 highest-blast-radius fixes before any traffic that could be regulated.
0-11 / 23 · Not ready
Not safe to take real user data or real money. Either do the work, or pause the launch.
What you get for $99
Within one business day of receiving your public URL or sanitized export, you receive:
- The same 6-section, 23-question checklist applied to your live app, with yes/no per question and the specific URL / form / config that drove the decision.
- A prioritized fix list — the 3-7 changes that close the highest-blast-radius gaps first.
- A stop/go recommendation for the launch date you gave me, and the conditions under which the answer flips.
- One async follow-up if the first 3 fixes raise new questions.
What it is not
This is not a penetration test, not a security certification, not a legal opinion, not a compliance attestation, and not exploit testing. It is a practical launch-safety triage with a human review gate. The first public customer report is reviewed before delivery. If your intake is rejected as unsafe, unauthorized, out of scope, or impossible to fulfill without secrets / protected access, the order is refund-gated rather than delivered dishonestly.
What it costs
Buy the $99 launch safety auditone-time · USD · 1 business day delivery · invoice via email
Read the full service descriptionscope, intake rules, redacted sample report
When a 30-minute self-audit is not enough
Three situations where the $99 read is the right floor, not the ceiling:
- You are about to take EU traffic. EU AI Act Article 17, GDPR enforcement 2025-2026, Colorado AI Act (June 2026) all add a layer the 30-min audit does not cover.
- You are about to take regulated data. Health, financial, education, employment, government, biometric, children's data.
- You have already had an incident. Complaint, chargeback, or "delete my data" request you could not fulfill.
For those cases, the $149 AI Ops Checkup is the production-agent forensic read; the $299 LLM Bill Triage is the cost-explosion read.
If you would rather do the 30-minute self-audit first, the dev.to article walks every question in order: The 6 things every vibe-coded app needs to pass before you launch it in 2026.