# You can vibe code a demo, but what about a product? > Source: > Published: 2026-06-23 07:00:14+00:00 June 23, 2026 Estimated reading time: 6 minutes **Key takeaways:** - Anyone can . Almost no one is[vibe code](https://leaddev.com/ai/ai-is-helping-your-boss-code-again)a demo**ready for production**. Infrastructure, safety, compliance, and eval are where most teams quietly fail. **Your inference bill will make or break you**.- The model is the easy part. Product-market fit, compliance, and quality eval all have to be built by humans. Foundation [generative AI ](https://leaddev.com/technical-direction/learning-to-trust-generative-ai)models are powerful and have made creating demos extremely easy. Many might assume that building on these generative AI models is trivial, and that wrapper applications are low-hanging fruit – anyone can ship generative AI products. ## Join LeadDev.com for free to access this content June 23, 2026