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Vibe Coding Audio Plugins: Stop Prompting and Start Planning
After building an audio plugin with AI and running into messy, uncontrolled results, Josh explores a better workflow by introducing planning before prompting, including a custom “Project Planner” tool to improve outcomes when vibe coding.
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Vibe Coding Audio Plugins: Stop Prompting and Start Planning
After building an audio plugin with AI and running into messy, uncontrolled results, Josh explores a better workflow by introducing planning before prompting, including a custom “Project Planner” tool to improve outcomes when vibe coding.
Vibe Coding Audio Plugins: Stop Prompting and Start Planning
Vibe Coding Audio Plugins: Stop Prompting and Start Planning
Vibe coding can get you to a working audio plugin fast, but without structure, things can quickly fall apart.
In this follow-up to the previous experiment, Josh takes a step back to address what went wrong and introduces a more deliberate workflow for building audio plugins with AI.
Instead of jumping straight into prompts, this approach focuses on planning first.
Resources mentioned:
Project Planner Skill (free download):
https://github.com/TheAudioProgrammer/code-project-planner/tree/main
Claude Code: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code
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