Why a Methodology?
New Generation AI coding tools often generate inconsistent code that violates architectural integrity, leading to technical debt, maintenance nightmares, and security vulnerabilities. This creates a critical gap between the promise of AI-assisted development and the reality of maintaining production-quality code.
- Limited context window size affecting operations on large codebases
- Inconsistent code quality & style across different AI models
- Architectural integrity in generated code compared to desired architecture
- AI hallucinations leading to incorrect or inconsistent code
Core Principles
go-vibe is a structured development methodology designed to maximize the ROI of AI-assisted development and vibe coding practices. Just as TDD revolutionized test-first development and Scrum transformed agile workflows, go-vibe provides a systematic approach to leveraging AI and Large Language Models in software development.
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Docs at Centre Stage
Keeping IDE rules, design and architecture documentation in markdown format alongside code ensures accessibility to both humans and AI tools.
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Context-Aware Code Generation
Using documentation as context in prompts helps maintain architectural consistency and design constraints when generating or modifying code.
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Continuous Documentation Evolution
Creating and updating documentation based on code evolution creates a feedback loop that keeps documentation current, using AI to assist in this process.
The go-vibe Iterative Process
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1 Setup IDE Rules
Start by setting up the IDE rules for the project. This is a set of rules that will be used to generate the code.
Show How2 Document Generation
Start by creating or updating documentation that clearly defines architectural patterns, design constraints, and feature requirements.
Show How3 Context Aware Code Generation
Include relevant documentation as context when crafting prompts for AI code generation, ensuring alignment with established patterns.
Show How4 Document Evolution
Validate AI-generated code against documentation, then update docs to reflect any approved changes, maintaining the documentation-code harmony.
Show HowJoin the Community
go-vibe is an open-source methodology that thrives on community contributions. Help shape the future of AI-assisted development by sharing your experiences, suggesting improvements, and contributing to the methodology.
Ready to Contribute?
Start by exploring our GitHub repository and following our contribution guidelines.
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