Step 150 of debugging why a payment does not get saved to a database. Two days on this one bug. And there are plenty more. If you can build somehing that will do the back-and-forth, the "now try this and tell if it... no? Okay, le's do this thn, and this, and that..." Do what Claude Opus 4.5 is tellling me to do, the tens of hours, to get to the solution. Automate that and you have a winer - becuase there are 100K full-stack devs who will do all this more effienctly themselves, yes. but there are 10M non-developers who love what they built, but are getting killed in the debugging, the last 5%.
I am a product designer, not a coder, and so "lowcode" code editors leave me lost. It simply takes too long to ask Claude to step-by-step me through anything I want to do. I have projects in the works in Lovable.dev and Medo.dev, Anything and Dazl - but yet to get things to work after migrating them to Vercel breakl out of the co-branding that these app-builders like to sneak in (notice the rainbow you see here and there on Lovable-built sites, even whn they use their own domain...?) Gemini's suggestions: AI code generation is prone to the "90% Problem," where the final 10% of polish requires significant manual intervention.
Bolt.new: Users report that while blazing fast (app skeleton in 20s), it often "shits the bed" when projects get complex, leading to massive token consumption to fix errors .
Lovable: Praised for UI aesthetics, but its 7-message memory limit leads to "recency bias," causing the AI to get "drunk" on different approaches during long debugging sessions .
Tempo Labs: While it provides excellent planning features (PRDs and diagrams), some users have reported that its export to GitHub is unreliable, providing only "fragments of code" rather than a full app .
Blink.new: Emerging as a smoother alternative for full-stack builds, handling authentication and backend integrations with fewer breaks than Bolt .
Strategic Implementation Path
Selection (Phase 1): Use Dyad.sh or Anything if you want the most stable backend/auth foundation .
Generation (Phase 2): Build your MVP on the Pro tier for 1 month (~$19-$25). Use Discussion Mode to plan changes without burning credits .
Sync & Export (Phase 3): Sync your project to a private GitHub repository immediately .
Deployment (Phase 4): Connect the repo to Cloudflare Pages for free, unlimited bandwidth or Coolify on a $5 VPS for total control .
Refinement (Phase 5): Use Cursor (locally) for further edits. It provides a full IDE environment with better project context for $20/month, allowing you to maintain your "clean codebase" without builder overhead . I then asked, about a cheap solution starting with Baidu's Medo.dev - because Medo gives us many credits to start, 100 more/day free, 20 more for 20 clicks on other's projects... So you can build a lot, download, but then have to sort out login and other backend problems. Possible, but takes some doing. Gemini's response:
In Supabase Dashboard: Go to Authentication > URL Configuration. Change the "Site URL" from http://localhost:3000 to your actual production domain (e.g., https://your-app.com).
In Vercel Dashboard: Go to Settings > Environment Variables. Add a new variable called NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL and set its value to your domain. This tells the backend where to send users when they click the email link.
In Cursor: If the error persists, open your project in Cursor and ask the AI: "Search for all instances of 'localhost:3000' in the authentication logic and replace them with the environment variable for the site URL.". But what about you? What is your process if you are no-code building and shipping?
The tech power lining up in the rotuntra for Trump's inauguration are an indication of the current power structure in the tech world. Who is not there is perhaps more interesting, @samaltman. What new tech giants will emerge in the next 4 years? Who is missing? Thoughts?
I'm planning out my year for serving people with community building things. I'd love to know... Where do you get stuck building community? And what would you like to learn about how to build one?
The business of a startup company will change frequently, but the number of developers is often small, and it is difficult to cope with heavy business requirements.
Can anyone recommend some good low-code & no-code tools? And what scenarios do they apply to? Provide some practical examples:
1. appsmith(https://www.appsmith.com/). Open-Source, and provides good customization capabilities and interface display.
2. Retool(https://retool.com/). Similar to appsmith.
3.Dots(https://www.dots.community/). Build bots on Discord & Slack.
4. Webflow(https://webflow.com/). All-in-one web design platform.
5. ...
I've heard varying opinions on this and have my own thoughts but I'd love to hear multiple sides of the argument from the community! While you're here, you can find me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/benlkatz
Do you think BARD will take over ChatGPT because it's part of the Google ecosystem and will be integrated and adopted quicker by the mass? Or does ChatGPT already have a considerable headstart?
I keep finding tools that start with flash and sizzle - but have yet to give me anything I could actually use, you know, for a legitimate business purpose.
There is huge pressure to lie. I am going to rant, and then, ask you: where do you find any semblance of truth and useful information from startup founders? If you pitch to investors, you probably sell a dream, even when you know there are faults to some of your logic and projections. When you are going after customers, there is a lot of pressure to convince them that you are going to be around for years to come. Anyone else who's read Crossing the Chasm understands that in time, we need conservative buyers - and they need to see that famous people love your thing, and that big famous companies already put their trust in you. And so, we're pressured to inflate, exaggerate and flat out lie. It's hard to find fault with those who do so - since the finish line looks so good. We could get out from under. We could stop being tempted to believe the bullshit that invades our favorite forums. We could find that if we stick with our thing long enough, work it for enough years of seven-day weeks, perhaps we, too, will have a success story. ***** It's all blue skies and clear vistas. Where do you find actionable information and without it being 95% bullshit, from startup founders?
How did you come up with your startup name? https://evoke-app.com/ was named after some controversial guy from a debate server my co-founder frequented Was all he could think about while coding
