Your first week of vibe coding: a no-overwhelm plan

Week goal

By day seven you will have: finished at least three lessons, copied one production-grade prompt, and submitted one challenge — without burning out on syntax trivia.

Day 1 — Mindset

• Read What is vibe coding?
• Start First Vibe → complete lesson 1
• Write three sentences: what you will ship first

Day 2 — Prompt craft

• Complete lesson 2 in First Vibe
• Save one prompt in your notes with role + constraints + output format
• Run it twice; note what changed in the second pass

Day 3 — Review muscle

• Before accepting any AI edit, list two risks (security, UX, perf)
• Complete lesson 3 or revisit a diff you rejected yesterday

Day 4 — Tools tour

• Skim /tools and pick your primary IDE
• Compare one workflow note with Cursor vs Windsurf

Day 5 — Challenge

• Open /challenges and pick a beginner prompt challenge
• Submit once — imperfect is fine; streaks reward showing up

Day 6 — Ship visibility

• Deploy or screenshot your artifact
• Share one lesson takeaway (Discord, X, or a friend)

Day 7 — Retro

• ≥3 lessons complete
• 1 challenge submitted
• 1 prompt saved for reuse
• 1 thing you will improve next week