What was the very first project you vibecoded with AI?
On Product Hunt, I can see many people launching their products using "vibe-coding tools" like @Lovable , @bolt.new , or@Replit
I reckon many people who created something with them are usually developers who didn't have enough time for building a side idea before, but with AI, they could make it happen.
I am not very technical (know some coding/programming basics), but without the help of a tutorial or ChatGPT, I would hardly build a whole project.
Question not only for developers (but also tech newbies):
What was THE FIRST THING YOU VIBECODED?
Feel free to share the link or the picture
What tool did you use?
What was the most difficult part?
Did you earn any money with that?
Here is mine:
– It was supposed to be a directory of Bluesky tools– The most difficult parts were to define something + It also rewrote good parts of the code, so it was kind of a mess for me.
– I haven't earned any money because I haven't published the project. (I abandoned it. :D)
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I am currently building the next version of my App Mena by vibe coding. I am using ChatGPT, Codex, Xcode and Github. I launched the MVP and is now working the full product. I am bootstrapped and haven't earned any revenue yet. Mena helps you anticipate what matters before you think about it, so you can stay prepared, reduce stress, and enjoy greater peace of mind. Mena - Remember Everything. Be Ready for Anything.
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@aggie_ho I like the idea, the thing that I would do is to tweak a bit the design of it.
my first vibecoded script broke in prod. agent "fixed" failing test by weakening assertion insted of fixing the bug. suite stayed green for days while edge cases fail ) real danger is nosmall internal webhook router. felt magical first until failing test passed because agent weakened assertion to expect null insted of fixing query. And suite stayed green for days while prod broke t broken code, is agent quietly rewriting your acceptance criteria
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@konstantin_tikhaev Is the product somewhere online?
@busmark_w_nika There are links to stores https://mylifelineapp.com/
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@konstantin_tikhaev Thank you, gonna check it out! :)
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@konstantin_tikhaev Had a look and liked the vibe of the Tv! :)
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@abdessamad_qarmada do you have the website live?
@busmark_w_nika It’s a dead product now — learned a lot from it though. We ended up building something different: SmartDial, a powerful dialer that works directly with Zoom Phone, built for outbound sales teams that live on the phone all day. Just launched the beta!
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SmartDial @abe_qarm Will you be launching on PH too? 👀
@busmark_w_nika haha it's already on PH look up SmartDial
It was a game...https://diplomaticadventure.com/
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@aleksandra_trueme What are the rules of the game?
@busmark_w_nika It's a satire.... goal is to bring peace between Putin, Trump and Zalenski by balancing their emotions.
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@aleksandra_trueme aaaa :D now I get it :D
Here’s my first “vibe-coded” project:
Right Click Prompt (https://rightclickprompt.com/)—a Chrome extension that lets you select text, right-click and send it straight to any AI prompt, then view the answer in a neat popup.
Toolset
I scaffolded the whole thing with widsurf and cursor to flesh out the boilerplate and handle the Chrome APIs. In the beginning I didn't even know what github was :D
Biggest headache
Getting the content script, background script and popup UI to talk to one another without breaking when Chrome bumps the manifest version. CSS scoping in browser extensions turned into a minor war.
Money made
20 USD so far from tips; it’s free and still in early-access. I’m eyeballing a “pro templates” add-on if people start asking for more power features.
let me know what you think...
Here is someone reviewing it https://youtu.be/pRR4F3Z5FHs?si=GPE3roDVKEZmKjf5&t=393
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@kbanc So basically, is it something like "aggregator of templates for prompts"? I understood it like that from this video. :) Or did I interpret it wrong?
I'm literally working on it right now! A couple of months ago, I joined a company building crypto market analysis tools. The idea is that it’s insanely hard to catch promising coins before everyone else does. The tools out there either felt broken or built for hedge funds, not humans.
Unfortunately we were hacked, and the work of two months went down the drain. None of us were full-time devs. Then we found Lovable. Not only we managed to rebuild the whole thing from scratch in days, we also made it so, so much better.
There was a base idea, but it's incredible to see how, as you see your platform while you build it, you suddenly understand what it lacks and how to make it better.
We're now working on the functionality, which is the hardest part. But to be able to regain all that lost work in such a short time was borderline miraculous. We keep working on it every day. It’s scrappy, weird, and super niche, but it’s ours and we’re proud of how far it’s come. Everyone here is more than invited to check it out if you want: https://pumpparade.com/. Come give it a try! We appreciate all feedback and suggestions.
And if you’re building something too, especially if it feels out of your depth, keep going! You don’t need to be a full-stack genius to make something people care about. Just need a little momentum and a lot of stubbornness. I learned that by experience!
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@santiagoemtv Don't you sometimes think that the crypto space is overcrowded with similar services?
mine was https://ctrlenter.net/. ctrl+enter is part grassroots demo day series, part private network and part quiet distribution channel for creatives, builders, designers, artists, and developers. no pressure of a formal vc demo day - just share what you're working on to a high-signal community - projects, vibecodes, tools, weird websites, sound experiments, ai agents, internet art, unlaunched apps, physical media, rituals, etc. see y'all there!
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@knownquantity How can this help those people you mentioned?
Not the first, but here are couple of projects I am working on - using Cursor with Claude.
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@kashif_aziz can you share the link for the second one with gifts?
Genpire
My first “vibecoded” project was GlobAI.
It’s a decentralized AI network that lets people run huge models like Llama-3.3-70B across their own devices.
I’m not a big team or a funded startup. I built the beta solo in 3 months using tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.
Managing so many moving parts (frontend, backend, token economy, devops) alone while learning on the go.
I haven’t earned big money yet, but I’m launching GlobAI publicly and already have real users testing it.
It’s wild how AI tools helped me compress what would normally take a team a year into just a few months.
Link → https://globai.org
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@globai Did you launch on PH?
I built fitfor.app with bolt and cursor.
I found having basic development understanding is crucial to get the most of of the tools.
Second best thing I find was to get the tools to build documentation before building the features, then reference and update as you go.
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@justin_fitfor Are you also a workout enthusiast? :D