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# How Vibe Code
> Free multilingual handbooks on vibe coding — building products with AI as a teammate. Distilled from 8,452 real prompts across 105 shipped projects.
How Vibe Code is a content site by Khoa Nguyen at StoicSoft. It teaches a working vibe-coding methodology (spec-driven prompting, regression patterns, when to reset a session, multi-tool workflows) backed by data from the author's own prompt history. The site is free; there are no signups, paywalls, or ads.
Author: Khoa Nguyen <https://niviki.com>
Publisher: StoicSoft <https://stoicsoft.com>
Available languages: English, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Thai
Canonical site: https://howvibecode.com
## Book 1 — Vibe Coding for Beginners
Free, 8 chapters. Covers what vibe coding is (and isn't), the mindset of working with AI as a teammate, prompt anatomy, lessons from a real 8,452-prompt dataset, the build/test/fix loop, prompts for real product work, long-session management, and a copy-paste toolbox.
Table of contents: https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner
- [Chapter 1 — What Is Vibe Coding?](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/what-is-vibe-coding): When I first switched to using AI for coding, I sat staring at the terminal screen for a long time without typing anything.
- [Chapter 2 — Mindset of Coding with AI](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/mindset-of-coding-with-ai): Mindset matters not because it sounds good. It matters because it determines what kind of prompt you'll type when the app breaks at 1 AM.
- [Chapter 3 — How to Write Strong Prompts](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/how-to-write-strong-prompts): After reading through thousands of my own prompts, I found that strong prompts have no secret. They aren't a magic spell.
- [Chapter 4 — Lessons from 8,452 Real Prompts](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/lessons-from-8452-real-prompts): One day I asked myself: "I use AI this much, but am I actually getting better at prompting?". It feels like I am.
- [Chapter 5 — The Build, Test, Fix Loop](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/the-build-test-fix-loop): One of the biggest misunderstandings for beginners is thinking vibe coding happens in a single prompt. You type. AI codes. App runs. Done.
- [Chapter 6 — Prompts for Real Products](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/prompts-for-real-products): A real app isn't just code that runs. It has UI that users see, data that users trust, servers that can crash, and small decisions that accumulate into a…
- [Chapter 7 — Working in Long Sessions with AI](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/working-in-long-sessions-with-ai): A good prompt helps you start. A good workflow helps you go far. When I first started using AI, I clung to context.
- [Chapter 8 — Toolbox and Conclusion](https://howvibecode.com/en/books/vibe-coding-for-beginner/toolbox-and-conclusion): If the first seven chapters are about how to think and how to work, this chapter is the toolbox. I'm gathering things here that you can copy and use right…
## How the book was written
- [Methodology](https://howvibecode.com/en#methodology): The book was authored using the workflow it teaches — Claude analyzed the prompt+session dataset exported from 1DevTool, Codex CLI generated illustrations, and Claude/Codex/opencode each ran one editing round.
- [Apps built with the same workflow](https://howvibecode.com/en#methodology): 1DevTool, Server Compass, 1FileTool, Moonlit.
## Translations of the same content
- Vietnamese (canonical source): https://howvibecode.com/vi/books/vibe-coding-cho-nguoi-moi
- Chinese: https://howvibecode.com/zh/books/vibe-coding-ru-men
- Japanese: https://howvibecode.com/ja/books/vibe-coding-nyumon
- Thai: https://howvibecode.com/th/books/vibe-coding-sam-rap-meu-mai
## Optional
- [Full content as markdown](https://howvibecode.com/llms-full.txt): every chapter concatenated in source order, suitable for ingestion or citation.
- [Sitemap](https://howvibecode.com/sitemap.xml): all pages with hreflang for every locale.
- [Author site](https://niviki.com): more writing by Khoa Nguyen.
