The May Challenge: Stop Vibe Coding (Failed in 6 Hours)

Set myself a goal yesterday - May 1st. I promised myself I wouldn't start any new vibe coding projects for the entire month. Instead, I'd focus on shipping one of my 300+ existing chat sessions scattered across bolt, lovable, v0, cline, and console.anthropic.

I lasted six hours.

Look, I know it's not productive to constantly chase new ideas. Every developer does this sometimes, but when you're riding the wave of agentic development, the temptation is real. A new idea hits, and suddenly you're spinning up another project while three others sit half-finished.

The thing is, I've got legitimate projects in those 300+ sessions. Some are dead ends, sure. But others are genuinely interesting concepts that just need polish and shipping. That's where the real value is - not in the novelty of a new feature, but in the discipline of finishing what you start.

I did manage to save myself somewhat - the weekend plan is to actually complete one of these concepts so it goes live next week. If I can pull that off and ship two projects before June, that's a win. No new ideas, just execution.

It's like that moment when you realize your home office is cluttered with half-finished projects. Time to clean house.

The internet doesn't need more unfinished prototypes. It needs developers who can follow through.

Wish me luck - I'll need it. The temptation to just "quickly vibe code one more thing" is already whispering in the background.