When does a vibe-coded app become a real product?

I’ve seen non-developers build apps that would have taken engineers days, if not weeks.

Not just functional apps, but polished apps with rich functionality that bring joy to users. They meet real needs, and the attention to detail is unmatched.

Product people and domain experts can build good apps, and they build them fast.

So the question is: when does a vibe-coded app become a real product?

That is the question a lot of companies are about to face.

In many businesses, engineers are no longer the only people building the next prototype. Client managers, sales teams, product people and domain experts build it too, using tools like Lovable, Base44, Claude and other AI app builders.

And that is a good thing.