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Production Board vs vibe-coding your own kanban

A trello-shaped board is a one-evening LLM project. Phase tracking + live multi-tab + a year of operation is not.

DIY

Build vs buy

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·April 6, 2026·

1 min read

At a glance

Vibe-coding a kanban is genuinely fun for an evening. Production Board earns its place when you need production-shaped features: phases with durations, blockers, owner-per-phase, websocket fan-out, audit log. Each one is a multi-day project on its own. Pay from €1/month or pay a few hundred hours.

Production Board vs Vibe-coded DIY: feature comparison

	Ours Production Board	Theirs Vibe-coded DIY
Initial setup	5 minutes	1 evening
Phases with durations		Multi-day build
Live multi-tab updates		DIY WS
Audit log
Backups
Hosted in Germany		Whatever you pick

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

You ship the work, not the kanban.

Pick Vibe-coded DIY when

The kanban is what you ship.

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Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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