Pre-Launch Security Essentials for Vibe Coded Apps

In this episode of Coding with AI, Marcelo sits down with Josh Grossman, CTO and Application Security Specialist at Bounce Security, to chat about what vibe coders must know about security before shipping any product. They dig into practical guardrails, best practices and tips to help keep your app secure before and after launch day.

Key Topics Covered

1. What a fast, lightweight threat model looks like for vibe-coded apps.
2. How to secure secrets, auth, and third-party APIs without killing speed.
3. The LLM/agent risk landscape—prompt injection, data leakage, jailbreaks—and how to add guardrails.
4. Where CI/CD safety nets fit—SCA, SAST/DAST, SBOM—and what to automate first.
5. A practical pre-launch security checklist for MVPs and production.
6. When to add a security expert, regardless if you are vibe coding or coding with humans
7. Security Best practices you should be aware of.

Resources to Check Out

• Bounce Security