February 17, 2026

Vibe Coding 101: Core Design Principles for Using AI in Product Design

Vibe Coding isn’t about telling AI to “just write code.”
It’s a new way of working where designers still own the vision, UX, and experience quality —
while AI becomes a force multiplier that helps ideas move faster 🚀

In this post, we’ll break down the five core principles of vibe coding, and share a few practical tips to help you write clearer prompts and get more predictable results.

5 Core Principles of Vibe Coding

Practical principles to turn AI into a design accelerator, not a decision-maker.

Source: https://pinnacledesignacademy.substack.com/p/principles-of-vibe-coding-for-designers 

Tip Bonus: Prompting Insight

How to structure prompts for clearer intent and more predictable AI results.

Source: https://www.deeplearning.ai/courses/build-with-andrew/

01

Prompts don’t have to be long — they have to be clear.

You can use: Mega Prompts (everything in one go), or Iterative Prompting (refine step by step)

02

The essential building blocks:

Goal → Input → Output → Features → Layout
 Always start with the goal. Everything else is optional.

Vibe coding is not about writing better prompts. It’s about designing the right intent, structure, and constraints before AI starts working.