r/VibeCodeDevs rules, stats, and what to post

This is a home for developers who build real products with AI, automation, and vibe coding, and I read the rules as a warm welcome for anyone shipping with models. The people here share code, screenshots, demos, and lessons learned from real builds. The rules also say outright that dismissing AI-assisted work as vibe coding is gatekeeping, so you do not have to apologize for building this way. If your product leans on AI or automation to actually do something, this is your room.

Five rules decide whether a marketing-adjacent post survives here, and I would read them twice before posting. “Promotion within limits” lets you share your project if you bring it to life by telling people what you built, which model you used, and what went wrong, and it bans referral links, plugs for other Discords or subreddits, and promotion-focused accounts. “Show your work” requires every project post to include a repo link, a live demo, screenshots with some explanation, or a short paragraph on what broke and how you fixed it. “Showcase Sundays” keeps showcase posts to Sundays and asks you to use the Showcase Sunday flair. “Contribute value” gets AMA-style posts without substance removed. “Be intentional” caps most posts at four paragraphs, rejects copy-and-pasted AI-generated text, and asks you to pair every ask with what you already tried.

The strongest post a founder can make here is an honest build story, and I would build it like this. Pick a Sunday if the post is mainly a showcase, add the Showcase Sunday flair, and walk people through what you built, which model you used, and what went wrong along the way. Attach proof, meaning a repo link, a live demo, or screenshots with some explanation, because the rules demand at least one of those for project posts. Keep it to four paragraphs or fewer, write every word yourself, and end with something people can take away, like a fix, a shortcut, or a lesson. Then stick around during the week and contribute beyond your own showcase day, because the rules ask for that too.

Referral links and affiliate links get posts removed here, and the moderators say so in one line. Do not promote other Discords or subreddits, and do not post from an account that exists only to promote, because promotion-focused accounts are unwelcome. Never drop a showcase on a weekday, since showcase posts belong on Sundays. Do not paste raw AI-generated text into your post, because it will not count as a contribution and the moderators remove it. A project post with no repo, demo, screenshots, or failure story will not survive the “Show your work” rule, and an AMA with nothing behind it breaks “Contribute value”. Keep things appropriate too, so no NSFW content of any kind.

There is a funny tension in this evidence: a community built around building with AI will remove your post if the text itself reads like copy-pasted AI. I also respect that “Be kind” calls out gatekeeping by name and says dismissing AI-assisted work as vibe coding is not welcome, which tells me founders shipping with models do not have to apologize here. The Sunday-only showcase window is the strictest thing in the rules, so plan your launch post around the calendar.