Vibecoding is everywhere
You open LinkedIn and every other post is about how someone "vibecoded" a whole website in an afternoon. You describe to the AI what you want, it writes it, you deploy it, and you're done.
It sounds great. And honestly, for prototypes and testing ideas it genuinely is great. I use AI tools every day myself and I know just how much they can speed up the work.
But then the clients who had a site built this way start calling. And the story is the same every time.
"It works, but…"
The typical scenario goes like this: a company gets a website generated with AI. For the first few weeks everything's rosy. The site looks good, it cost a fraction of the price, the boss is thrilled.
Then you need to change one menu. Add a language version. Tweak a form. And suddenly you realize nobody understands the code the AI generated. Every fix breaks two other things. And that original "cheap website" starts costing you more than if you'd gone to a professional in the first place.
According to a Forbes analysis from March 2026, this is exactly the pattern: excitement in the first week, doubts in the third, walking away in the second month. And the reasons are always the same: unreadable code, security holes, and mounting technical debt.
Where vibecoding works
I don't want to be the guy who says "AI is bad." It isn't. AI is a tool, and it comes down to who's holding it.
Vibecoding makes sense when:
- You're testing an idea and need an MVP over a weekend
- You're building an internal tool only your team will ever see
- You need a one-off landing page for a campaign
- You're a developer and AI serves as faster code writing, not a replacement for thinking
In these cases vibecoding is fantastic. It saves you time, money, and stress.
Where it falls apart
The problem starts when you build a vibecoded site as your company's main presence and expect it to keep working for months or years.
Maintenance is a nightmare. A 2025 Veracode study found that almost half of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities. GitHub even introduced a "kill switch" for AI-generated pull requests because they kept hitting code patterns that led to security problems.
SEO suffers. An analysis of 100 vibecoded sites on DEV Community uncovered recurring issues: broken heading hierarchy, missing viewport meta tags, unoptimized images, and slow loading. Exactly the things Google penalizes.
Scaling doesn't exist. Want to add a CMS so the client can manage the content themselves? Hook up an online store? Add multiple languages? The AI will patch something together, but the result is fragile and hard to extend.
What you get with a professionally built website
It's not just that "the site looks nice." It's about what happens under the hood and after launch.
Architecture that holds up. When I build a site on Webflow, I use the Client-First system: a clear class structure, clean code, consistent naming. Anyone after me can take the site over and understand it.
Performance as a priority. I optimize images, defer script loading, and address Core Web Vitals. The result? PageSpeed over 90 and a site that loads on mobile in 2–3 seconds.
A CMS that makes sense. I set up the Webflow CMS so you can change text, add blog posts, or manage a portfolio yourself, without having to call a developer for every change.
SEO from the ground up. Proper heading hierarchy, meta tags, structured data, sitemap, fast hosting. Things a vibecoded site often doesn't have, or has done wrong.
Price: cheaper ≠ better value
A vibecoded site might cost you a few thousand crowns up front. A professional site on Webflow starts in the tens of thousands. At first glance the choice is obvious.
But factor in what comes next too. How much does it cost when the site doesn't work on mobile and you lose 60% of your visitors? How much does a security incident cost? How much does it cost when, six months in, you need to rebuild the whole site because it can't be edited?
A professional website is an investment, not a cost. And it pays off in the form of stable operation, better SEO, and a higher number of inquiries.
The future is hybrid
I believe AI and professional development won't replace each other, they'll complement each other. I use AI in my own work every day. It helps me with prototypes, with code, with optimization.
But the final product, a site meant to represent your company, bring in clients, and work for years, needs human judgment, experience, and accountability.
Webflow itself is heading in this direction. Today you can already control Webflow with prompts through Claude MCP. But the guardrails, the structure, and the quality control, that's exactly what separates a professional output from a "vibecoded" experiment.
Planning a new site or a redesign?
If you're weighing up whether to go the AI route or professional development, I'm happy to help you get your bearings. Send me a short note about what you do, what the goal of the site is, and your timeframe. I'll get back to you with a suggested next step and a rough estimate of the scope.
