The Vibe Coding Playbook { Building Your Tech Business with AI } (April 2026) (Siraj Raval)（Z-Library）

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The Vibe Coding Playbook

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The Vibe Coding Playbook Building Your Tech Business with AI SIRAJ RAVAL

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Copyright © 2026 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved, including rights for text and data mining and training of artificial intelligence technologies or similar technologies. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. ISBNs: 9781394376827 (Paperback), 9781394376858 (ePDF), 9781394376834 (ePub) No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per‐copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750‐8400, fax (978) 750‐4470, or on the web at www .copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748‐6011, fax (201) 748‐6008, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permission. The manufacturer’s authorized representative according to the EU General Product Safety Regulation is Wiley‐ VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, 69469 Weinheim, Germany, e‐mail: Product_Safety@wiley.com. Trademarks: Wiley and the Wiley logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/ or its affiliates in the United States and other countries and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and the author have used their best efforts in preparing this work, including a review of the content of the work, neither the publisher nor the author make any representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaim all warranties, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives, written sales materials or promotional statements for this work. The fact that an organization, website, or product is referred to in this work as a citation and/or potential source of further information does not mean that the publisher and author endorse the information or services the organization, website, or product may provide or recommendations it may make. This work is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a specialist where appropriate. Further, readers should be aware that websites listed in this work may have changed or disappeared between when this work was written and when it is read. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. For general information on our other products and services or for technical support, please contact our Customer Care Department within the United States at (800) 762‐2974, outside the United States at (317) 572‐3993 or fax (317) 572‐4002. For product technical support, you can find answers to frequently asked questions or reach us via live chat at https://support.wiley.com. If you believe you’ve found a mistake in this book, please bring it to our attention by emailing our reader support team at wileysupport@wiley.com with the subject line “Possible Book Errata Submission.” Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic formats. For more information about Wiley products, visit our web site at www.wiley .com. Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data: 2025949390 Cover Design: Wiley Cover Images: © Salman/stock.adobe.com, © James/stock.adobe.com

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For Kacey and Ryder: You are my purpose, my joy, and my future. Everything I build, I build for us.

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vii About the Author Siraj Raval is an AI educator, founder, and creator known for making complex technical ideas accessible to millions of learners around the world. He has built and launched mul- tiple AI‐ powered products, taught machine learning to a global audience, and produced hundreds of videos that blend education, storytelling, and innovation. Over the past decade, Siraj has worked across research, engineering, and product lead- ership, partnering with organizations in both industry and academia. His work sits at the intersection of creativity and computation, with a mission to empower people to build with AI, not fear it. When he isn’t researching or creating, Siraj spends his time exploring physics, running experiments, and enjoying time with his family in Amsterdam.

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ix Acknowledgments This book wouldn’t exist without the people who supported its creation. Thank you to Liz Britten and the entire Wiley team for their guidance, patience, and craftsmanship throughout this process. Your editorial insight sharpened the ideas and strengthened the message. Thank you to my community— the learners, builders, founders, and dreamers who have followed my work, shared feedback, and inspired me to keep pushing forward. You are living proof that curiosity can change the world. And finally, thank you to my wife Kacey, for her unwavering love, and to my son Ryder, whose arrival reshaped my understanding of meaning and responsibility. You both keep me grounded and motivated every day.

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xi Contents at a Glance Introduction xxv PART I Foundations 1 CHAPTER 1 AI Gold-Rush Economics—Why Now Beats Better 3 CHAPTER 2 Founder OS—Speed, Scope Cut, and the Distribution‐First Mindset 9 CHAPTER 3 Find a Burning Problem—Painkillers > Vitamins and the B2B/B2C Split 23 PART II Building Your Product 43 CHAPTER 4 AI‐Powered Market Intel—Scrapers, GPT Surveys, and Persona Cloning 45 CHAPTER 5 Tiny MVP in 24 Hours: Prompt + Spreadsheet Demo 69 CHAPTER 6 Validation Loops—Waitlists, Preorders, and Paid Pilots 89

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CHAPTER 7 Pick Your Stack—Hosted, Open Source, or Hybrid (and When to Switch) 101 PART III Launching and Scaling 111 CHAPTER 8 Rapid Prototyping with Gen AI—Code Agents and UI Scaffolds 113 CHAPTER 9 Data and MLOps for Noncoders—Pipelines, Eval Harnesses, and Fine‐Tunes 119 CHAPTER 10 Ship Weekly—CI/CD, Feature Flags, and Telemetry That Matters 129 CHAPTER 11 Narrative Positioning and Value‐Based Pricing 137 PART IV Case Studies and Templates 147 CHAPTER 12 Build‐in‐Public Flywheel—Community, Content, and Credibility 149 CHAPTER 13 Paid Acquisition That Prints Cash—UGC Ads and Influencer Allowlisting 155 PART V Scaling and Moats 163 CHAPTER 14 Automation and Delegation—SOPs, Agents, and Contractors 165 xii Contents at a GlanCe

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Contents at a Glance xiii CHAPTER 15 How to Find and Close Strategic Angels: The Proactive Update Playbook 171 CHAPTER 16 The Five‐Person Super‐Team—Hiring and Culture Hacks 175 CHAPTER 17 Trust and Safety as a Feature—Compliance, Privacy, AI Ethics 181 PART VI Exit or Infinity Mode 193 CHAPTER 18 Cash‐Out or Compound—Acqui‐Hire, Strategic Buyout, Indie Profitability 195 CHAPTER 19 The Next Frontier—The Age of Autonomous Agents and the Unstoppable Ascent of Open Source AI 203 Index 221 

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xv Contents Introduction xxv PART I Foundations 1 CHAPTER 1 AI Gold-Rush Economics—Why Now Beats Better 3 The $10-Trillion Time Window (Revisited) 4 The Cost‐Collapse Flywheel (De‐risked Math) 4 Timing > Talent–Autopsies and Anti‐Examples 5 The Founder’s Asymmetric Edge (Deep Dive) 5 Framework: Timing = (T + I + M + E) – D (v2.0) 5 Red‐Team Your Timing (Mini‐workshop) 6 Timing Sniper Use Cases (2025–2026 Pipeline) 6 Case Study Deep-Dive: Feynman, the AI Physics TA 7 Negative Timing: How to Spot It Early 7 Founder Field Exercises (Do These Tonight) 7 Recap 7 CHAPTER 2 Founder OS—Speed, Scope Cut, and the Distribution‐First Mindset 9 Speed: Commit, Ship, Delete 10 The 48‐Hour Commitment Loop 11 Mini‐Case: CalendarHero.ai 12 Time‐Blocking vs. Task Lists 12 Pro Tip: Audio Logs 12 The Cold‐Start Stopwatch 13 Scope Cut: The 80/4 Rule 13 The One‐Sentence Spec 13 The “Delete‐Until‐Scary” Test 14 Case: Midjourney vs. DALL·E 2 14

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Three More Micro‐Case Studies 15 Distribution‐First: Own the Eyeballs Before the Code 15 Audience as Alpha 16 Zero‐to‐One Growth Hack: Reverse Demo Days 16 The Hook → Promise → Proof Framework 17 Checklist for Effective Communication 17 Integration Piggybacking 17 API Rate‐Limit Arbitrage 18 Mental Models Cheat Sheet 18 Founder OS Installation Steps 19 Recap 20 CHAPTER 3 Find a Burning Problem—Painkillers > Vitamins and the B2B/B2C Split 23 Why “Interesting” “Inevitable”—Anatomy of the Desert of Death 23 The Diagnosis Sprint: Making Pain Tangible 24 The Painkiller Framework (Deep Dive and Scoring Rubric) 25 Five Field Tactics to Unearth Gold‐Grade Pain 26 B2B vs. B2C: Pick a Battlefield, Win the War 28 B2B Painkillers: High‐ACV, Politics‐Heavy, Integration‐Critical 28 B2C Painkillers: High‐Volume, Dopamine‐Fueled, Community‐Driven 28 The Decisive Matrix: Choosing Your Path 29 Extended Case Studies: Anatomy of Real Pain‐to‐Profit Jumps 29 From Weekend Add‐On to Sticky Revenue Engine 29 ToonMe: Vitamin Resurrected as a Creator Steroid 30 Ghostwriter‐AI: Legal Brief Drafting on Steroids 31 The 5‐Call Validation Sprint (Templated and Time‐Boxed) 31 Quantify or Kill: Pain Math You Can Run on a Napkin 32 Action Checklist (Pin to Your Monitor) 33 Interlude Recap 34 Why Most Founders Chase Vitamins (and How to Stop) 34 Antipatterns That Signal You’re in a Vitamin Trap 35 Founders Who Found Real, Unsexy Pain 36 The Brutal Truth: If You Can’t Find Pain, You Don’t Deserve a Product 37 Bonus: The Inverted Pain Funnel 37 Painkiller Signals That Hide in Plain Sight 38 Your Mission, Should You Choose to Actually Build a Business 39 The Week That Separates Wannabes from Founders 39 Closing Shot: The Power of Pain 40 Recap 40 xvi Contents

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Contents xvii PART II Building Your Product 43 CHAPTER 4 AI‐Powered Market Intel—Scrapers, GPT Surveys, and Persona Cloning 45 The 24‐Hour Data Moat 45 The Three‐Layer Intelligence Stack 47 Layer 1: Rapid Scraping Playbook 48 Identify Rich Surfaces 48 Build the 30‐Line Scraper (No Selenium Hell) 49 Signal‐to‐Noise Filters 52 Layer 2: GPT Survey and Instant Clustering 52 Craft the One‐Scroll Survey 52 Automate the Outreach 53 Map the Chaos with GPT Function Calls 53 Layer 3: Persona Cloning (Rapid RAG Loop) 55 Harvest a Conversational Corpus 55 Build the Retrieval‐Augmented Brain in 20 Minutes 56 Live‐Ammo Case Study: FreightOps AI ($0 → $17,000 MRR) 57 Compliance and Ethics Guardrails 59 Seven‐Day Intel‐to‐Pilot Sprint (Calendar View) 60 Part 1 Takeaways 61 Auto‐Benchmark Dashboards from Aggregated Pain 61 Multi‐Persona Debate Simulator 63 Pre‐Pitch Doc Generator (Build Once, Use 50 Times) 64 The Niche Channel Playbook 65 Bonus: The Ethical GPT‐Aided Email Sniper 66 The Data Moat Is the Real Moat 67 Final Action Checklist 67 Recap 68 CHAPTER 5 Tiny MVP in 24 Hours: Prompt + Spreadsheet Demo 69 Why the “Tiny MVP” Beats the “Lean MVP” 69 The 24‐Hour Countdown 70 Prompt Engineering in a Sheet Cell 72 The Sacred Sheet Layout 73 Plugin Options to Power Your Sheet 73 Glue Code in Under 30 Lines 74 Pipedream or Make.com Webhook 74 Fake an API with a Simple Flask Endpoint 75

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xviii Contents When the UI Needs Lipstick 76 Collect Payments in <30 Minutes 77 How to Use It 77 Case Study: AI Freight Classifier 77 Phase 1: Validation (First 10 Hours) 78 Phase 2: Iteration (Next 14 Hours) 78 Handling Edge Cases Without Code 79 The Tiny MVP Quality Assurance (QA) Checklist 79 The 24‐Hour Action Plan: A Tactical Roadmap 80 Public Launch = Free Growth Engine 81 Optional Add‐Ons to Make the Post Irresistible 81 De‐risking Before the First Line of Code 82 Examples of Tiny MVPs That Made Real Money 82 Common Excuses (And Why They’re Lies) 83 Real‐World Tactics to Get Your First Demos 84 From Tiny to True MVP: When to Upgrade 85 Closing Mindset: Prototype Like a Hacker, Charge Like a CEO 86 Recap 87 CHAPTER 6 Validation Loops—Waitlists, Preorders, and Paid Pilots 89 Why Static Validation Dies Fast 89 The Waitlist Flywheel 90 Set the Flywheel in Motion 90 Best Tools (No Code) 91 Metrics That Matter 91 Preorders: The Cleanest Signal 92 Set the Offer 92 Scarcity That Sells 92 Paid Pilots: Get Money, Get Truth 93 Pilot Email Template 93 Common Pushback: “Can We Do Free First?” 93 Your Loop Dashboard 94 Automate Everything You Can 94 Real‐World Case Studies 95 Fixing Churn Before It Starts 95 Build in Public = Feedback on Autopilot 96 The 30‐Day Validation Loop Playbook 97 The “Dollar or Data” Rule 98 When the Loop Becomes Product 98 Final Action Checklist 99 Recap 99