I Shipped Something New.

Hey fellow vibe coder,

It's been a minute. I've been heads-down building something I genuinely believe matters, not just as a project, but as a statement about how we should be writing code in 2026.

Let me tell you about FlaskVibe.

What Is FlaskVibe?

FlaskVibe.com is an opinionated platform I built to defend something I think the industry is quietly abandoning: simplicity.

The core idea is this: Flask + PostgreSQL + Vanilla JavaScript is the ideal stack for AI-assisted development — and I built an entire site to prove it, using that exact stack.

The tagline is: "Build Apps You Can Understand."

Right-click → View Source on FlaskVibe. You get real HTML. No hydration markers. No 400 KB JavaScript bundle. No build step. Just clean, readable code.

That's the point.

Why This, Why Now?

Here's what's been nagging me:

We're in this strange moment where AI is doing a lot of our coding — Cursor, Copilot, Claude, you name it. And yet, developers are reaching for increasingly magical frameworks that even experienced engineers struggle to debug.

Next.js. Server Components. Hydration. RSC. Edge functions. The complexity is staggering and the dirtiest secret is that AI-generated code for complex frameworks fails constantly. The mental model is too convoluted. The error surfaces are enormous.

Meanwhile, Flask routes are 15 lines. SQL queries are readable. HTML renders on the server and lands clean in the browser.

I ran the numbers. Flask's first-try AI generation success rate is around 95%. Complex framework stacks? Around 45%.

That gap is a direct consequence of simplicity.

What's Actually On The Site

FlaskVibe isn't just a manifesto (though there's definitely a manifesto). It's a working platform with real tools:

Four Developer Tools

01 — Prompt Generator

You describe what you want to build. The tool generates an optimized, copy-paste-ready AI prompt specifically tuned for Flask + psycopg2 + Vanilla JS. No more vague prompts that produce garbage output.

02 — Project Generator

Configure your options — PostgreSQL, auth, email, REST API, admin panel, Docker, tests — and download a production-ready ZIP boilerplate in seconds. Clean starting point, every time.

03 — Code Verifier

Paste AI-generated code and audit it instantly for SQL injection vulnerabilities, hardcoded secrets, ORM usage, missing error handling, and a dozen other gotchas. Trust but verify.

04 — PostgreSQL Schema Boilerplates

Copy-paste ready Postgres schemas for the most common app patterns. Stop starting from scratch.

Educational Content

There's a full tutorials system, filterable by category and difficulty, with a clean reading experience. And a growing library of deep-dive comparison pages:

• Flask vs. Django vs. FastAPI vs. Express

• Flask vs. Next.js (performance, deployment, complexity)

• When to go static (and when not to)

• Flask security: SQL injection, CSRF, sessions — the real stuff

• Flask in production: real companies running Flask at scale

The Performance Argument

FlaskVibe the site posts these metrics:

That's what happens when you remove the complexity tax.

This Site Is The Proof

The most important thing I can tell you: FlaskVibe.com is itself built on Flask + PostgreSQL + Vanilla JS.

Every tutorial, every tool, every newsletter subscription, all handled by the stack I'm advocating for. No framework magic. No ORM. Direct SQL with psycopg2. Jinja2 templates. Tailwind CSS.

If the stack couldn't handle the site, the argument falls apart. But it handles it beautifully.

What's Coming Next

This is a v1. There's a full roadmap:

• More tutorials (deeper dives into auth, deployment, AI integration patterns)

• An interactive "AI Coding Workflow" guide

• Community-submitted Flask deployments and case studies

• Possibly a course — if there's appetite for it

If you want to shape what gets built next, the best place to tell me is Discord.

👉 Join the Discord

I've set up a Discord server for the AI Coding Club community, and that's where the real conversation is happening.

Come in and tell me:

• What you're building

• What Flask patterns you struggle with

• What you want to see on FlaskVibe next

• Whether you think I'm wrong about any of this (make the case, I'll read it)

I'm in there. Let's actually talk about this stuff.

Join the Discord →

The Bigger Picture

I want to be direct with you: I think a generation of developers is being trained to build things they can't fully understand, maintain, or debug, because the tooling ecosystem has convinced us that complexity equals quality.

It doesn't.

The best code is the code you can read, explain, and fix at 2am when production is down.

FlaskVibe is my attempt to build a counterweight to that trend. A place that says: simple is not the same as basic. A well-built Flask app is a serious piece of software.

I hope you'll explore it, use the tools, and tell me what you think.

flaskvibe.com →

Until next time, keep it readable!

Frederick