I Vibe-Coded a Stock Screener Into Production. Then My 2GB Server OOMed and Google De-Indexed Me.
Kiwon Song shares the challenges faced while developing a stock screener using AI. The project encountered significant issues when the server ran out of memory, leading to a drop in Google search rankings. The article details the technical missteps and the ongoing efforts to recover from the setback.
- ▪Kiwon Song built a stock screener for Korean and US markets, primarily using AI for coding.
- ▪The server ran out of memory due to unbounded in-memory caches, causing Google to de-index the site.
- ▪Recovery from the drop in search rankings is ongoing and has taken weeks.
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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3907058) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Kiwon Song Posted on May 27 • Originally published at Medium I Vibe-Coded a Stock Screener Into Production. Then My 2GB Server OOMed and Google De-Indexed Me. #webdev #postmortem #seo #ai Series intro. I'm a non-CS solo dev who built and shipped a production stock screener almost entirely by "vibe coding" with an AI agent. The site works. Users use it. And it has cost me, in real ways, every shortcut I took.
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