I'm Keith Mangold,
a vibe coding professional.
Not the kind who posts screenshots of a weekend demo. The kind who shipped a real SaaS with real users on it, this way, and still maintains it. Here's how I can help you build yours.
The story
A couple of years into the vibe coding era, I made a decision: I was going to stop just playing with AI tools and actually ship a real, production SaaS with them. Not a toy. Not a demo. Software with real users and real responsibility.
That software became VIBEpro.
It started because two friends of mine were drowning in paperwork trying to run a weekly open-air market. I built them a tool. Then I built it again, properly. Then I built it again, properly this time. Every step was vibe coded: me sitting next to Claude, talking through what needed to happen, shipping, learning, fixing, shipping again.
Today VIBEpro runs real markets every week. Real vendors, real deadlines, real phone calls when something doesn't work. It's the answer I give when someone asks whether this way of building is "real."
I've been writing software since 1996, when I started at seventeen. Banks, nonprofits, commercial businesses, the whole spectrum. I wrote code the old way for a very long time. The shift to vibe coding hasn't replaced what I know about building software — it has multiplied it. That's the part most people miss.
What I can help with
You want to build it yourself
You're a founder, an operator, or a domain expert who could build the thing if you had the right tools and the right shoulder to lean on. I get people from "I can almost see how to build this" to "I shipped the first version this week." Pair-building, reviewing your work, and unblocking you when the tools get stuck.
Your team wants to adopt this
You run a product, engineering, or marketing team trying to figure out how to actually adopt AI-assisted development without it becoming a science fair project. I help teams find the workflow that survives contact with a real roadmap. For larger marketing-tech, AI consulting, and fractional SEO engagements, I work through LSA Digital, where I'm a senior strategist day to day.
You just want it built
Some people don't want to learn the tools. They want the thing to exist. I take on a small number of custom builds at a time, where the goal is a real product, shipped fast, that doesn't fall over the moment a real user touches it. VIBEpro is the proof I can do that.
Tell me about your project
One inbox, and I read all of it
Tell me what you're trying to build, where you're stuck, and what "great" would look like. I reply personally.
hello@blargo.net →Frequently asked questions
What is a vibe coding professional?
Someone who builds production software with AI-assisted tooling and can still stand behind every line of it. The tooling writes faster than any of us type. Knowing what to ask for, spotting what came back wrong, and owning it at 2am when it breaks is the part that still takes an engineer.
Can you actually ship real software this way?
VIBEpro is the answer I point at. It's a real SaaS running real open-air markets every week, with real vendors and real deadlines. Built this way end to end, and in production today.
Do you coach, or do you build?
Both, and they're priced differently. Coaching and pair-building is for people who want to build it themselves and need someone to unblock them. Custom builds are for people who just want the thing to exist. Team engagements sit in between.
How much experience is behind this?
I started writing software professionally in 1996, at seventeen. Three decades across banks, nonprofits, and commercial businesses — web, mobile, back-office systems, UI/UX, and plenty of production incidents. AI tooling didn't replace that. It multiplied it.