Building robust Web3 applications? Here's what actually matters: Frontend, API, and database design—these three pillars eliminate over 90% of typical development failures. But that's only half the story.

What really separates the winners? Product taste. Not just shipping code that works, but shipping what users actually need. The combination is lethal: solid engineering fundamentals paired with sharp judgment about which features belong in your product and how they should work.

Frontend handles the experience. API makes it scalable. Database keeps it reliable. But without that product instinct—that taste—you're building in the dark. The teams crushing it in the Vibe Coding era understand this balance. It's not about being the best engineer; it's about being a complete builder.