The Matthew Berman Vibe Coding Playbook

The Matthew Berman Vibe Coding Playbook is a practical guide to building software with AI while still shipping clean, reliable, and maintainable work.

It is built for people who want more than inspirational vibe-coding talk. The core promise is moving from zero to shipped with better planning, safer workflows, and fewer AI-generated messes in production.

What You’ll Learn

• How to prompt like a builder instead of hoping the model guesses your product intent
• Where planning artifacts like PRDs, rules, and task files fit into a more reliable coding workflow
• How to choose tools, stacks, and agents without creating brittle or unmaintainable output
• The role of Git, debugging discipline, MCPs, and security-minded review in AI-assisted development
• A better path for solo builders who want speed without sacrificing quality

How To Use The Guide

• Do not skip the mindset and planning sections. They are what keep the later coding workflows from falling apart.
• Use the playbook as a build companion while you ship, not just as something to read once.
• Adapt the process to your stack, but keep the guardrails that protect code quality and debugging sanity.
• Come back to it when you hit friction around planning, testing, or reliability. That is where the playbook earns its keep.

If you want the full zero-to-shipped workflow, the downloadable PDF is the real asset. This page is the branded overview; the playbook itself lives in the guide download.