[codingdave]

> I vibe coded...

Well, there ya go.

To be fair, it says the attention was unexpected, and this was just a coding exercise... And the port-mortem shows what I'd hope to see: digging in and figuring out root causes. So I'm not judging OP poorly over this.

But still. Launching a vibe-coded app that accepts input from anonymous users is just asking for trouble. I'm frankly surprised it ran as long as it did without such problems. (Although I did see a few weenies swimming around even before the problem hours.)

The lesson I'd pull from this is that if you are not the type of dev who could put together a post-mortem along these lines... don't launch a vibe-coded app.

[famahar]

Ultimately an app like this caused more joy than harm. I'm all for people vibe coding fun little things like this when the stakes are low. Would prefer to see more non coders with diverse ideas feeling empowered to start a project rather than them seeing a huge wall to climb and never starting. The web needs more silly apps from silly people.

[codingdave]

I agree with you to a point. But that point comes when the silly app turns into a channel for hate speech. At that point, I'm not sure we can justify the claim that it caused more joy than harm.