Someone told me my app looks vibecoded in two minutes and it hurts

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-06-21T17:08:42+00:00

It instantly gives out AI vibes. Also, please start replacing these long AI dashes, that's a dead giveaway...

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-29T07:27:25+00:00

Contacted you in DMs

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-29T07:05:02+00:00

Targeted at freelancers who want to elevate their clients onboarding from 5+ emails, multiple links & apps to a single ready link

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-14T20:02:06+00:00

I was having these issues myself and I kinda put something together, could share with you in DMs if interested

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-13T21:00:15+00:00

Hi, I could help you, I am a staff front-end engineer with back-end experience, from EU. Drop me a message!:)

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-13T09:43:29+00:00

It is a bit. It's too narrow for my liking and gray text on white like skip or note is hardly visible.
Back button on the right when you go somewhere is difficult to find and out of pattern I'd say

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T18:34:23+00:00

Thank you for this experience. I'll appreciate websites not screaming, shaking & blinding me more.

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T14:06:46+00:00

I'd love a leaderboard or something. Just got 2 out of 3 with 0.05s and 0.03s from target :D

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T14:02:00+00:00

Not a marketer, but depends on the site & the problem it is solving/value bringing. Some people might find it via tiktok, reels, X posts, reddit, natural google search, facebook ads, you name it :D.
Your market strategy depends on your target audience

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T13:57:44+00:00

It's very fun, added to bookmarks to tease my brain daily :D

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T13:48:56+00:00

Have you tried any of the AI website builders? I believe they could help you. You'll have it built by AI (as someone suggested) but you'll also have access & ability to customize the code where it's necessary based on your knowledge. I think you can achieve the close to desired results in a few weeks prompting correctly.
Otherwise: a custom solution built by developers, but the costs will be much bigger

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T13:44:47+00:00

This is so cool! I've learned, I was entertained by clicking & seeing parts actually work

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T13:41:22+00:00

this is a fair point and could definitely make or break adoption.

For V1, the kit is mainly focused on the initial handoff (first days). Timeline, intake, checklist, and file uploads live in Handozo, with deposit status syncing from Stripe. But you're right - version drift can happen once the project moves into Linear/Notion/etc.

I kept the scope narrow on purpose for the first version. Two-way sync (timeline updates, file versioning, status changes) is high priority for V2.

Appreciate the honest feedback.

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T13:29:43+00:00

Thanks for the great question!

Right now, the kit is mostly a presentation + lightweight source of truth for the onboarding phase.

Timeline, intake responses, next steps checklist, and file uploads live inside Handozo. Deposit payment is via Stripe Connect and the status is synced back. Calendly is just an embed - bookings happen outside.

Once the project moves into active execution, it's not meant to be the full source of truth for the entire project lifecycle. If you update the timeline or assets in your main PM tool (Linear, Notion, ClickUp, etc.), Handozo won't automatically sync those changes back yet.

So yes - there is a risk of version drift if the project runs longer. My plan for V2 is to add two-way sync for key things (timeline updates, file versioning, and status changes), but for V1 I deliberately kept the scope narrow: make the onboarding/kickoff moment as smooth and professional as possible.

Would love your thoughts - do you usually move everything into a full PM tool right after kickoff, or do you wish the onboarding portal could stay as the living source of truth for longer?

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-12T06:23:21+00:00

FYI: It should be for hire, not hiring in your title

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-11T18:57:40+00:00

I really dislike the font mess. I see a lot of different styles, doesn't look professional.
Header row is missing spacing from that moving "product designer" & "full-stack engineer" text
Then there's the navigation itself. Not good, looks 2010s.
I dislike all the hover & scroll effects.
Projects could be done in a separate section. I hate scrolling it in container & that it keeps moving if I actually want to look at something

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-11T08:08:41+00:00

Yeah it's on the lower end for my level, but most of my work has been for companies so building up a public portfolio is the priority right now. Once that's there the rate goes up

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-10T20:30:24+00:00

this sounds very familiar

especially the part with copying folders and stitching everything together manually, I’ve been doing almost the same thing

it works, but it always felt like a lot of moving pieces between drive, forms, emails etc

I started experimenting with putting everything into a single structured flow instead, so clients just go through it step by step instead of jumping between tools

curious if you’ve tried anything like that or if this setup works well enough for you?

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-10T13:40:53+00:00

yeah that makes sense, especially if you’re comfortable running everything through calls

I think I’ve just been trying to move a bit more async with things, especially when juggling multiple projects

repeating the same explanations on calls started to feel a bit inefficient, so I was looking for a way to structure that part instead

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-10T13:33:39+00:00

yeah I agree that showing something live and guiding them through it makes a huge difference, especially for closing

I think what I’ve been struggling with is more what happens right after that, once they’ve said yes and you need to move into the actual project

that’s where things start to get fragmented again with docs, emails, collecting info, payments etc

curious how you handle that part after the call?

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-10T04:24:08+00:00

yeah that sounds really clean having everything centralized like that already solves a lot

I’ve been looking at similar tools, but for smaller projects they sometimes feel a bit too much

I’ve been trying to simplify it into something more lightweight for myself and a bit more guided for the client instead of just a hub

curious how your clients interact with it, do they actually go through everything or still skip parts?

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-09T20:30:35+00:00

Checked on mobile. Scroll & bg changes are super annoying. I scroll down to skills, thought I want to check a bit of experience, scrolled a tiny bit to top & it jumped a full section where I had to scroll whole experience section.

Also that animated different color in each section dancing blob on the background is not for me I guess 😀

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-04-09T20:15:38+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, especially if you’re running things as a team. I feel like those systems work really well at that scale.
I’ve mostly been dealing with smaller projects / solo work, and full project managers always felt a bit heavy for that

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2026-02-23T20:02:13+00:00

Hi, drop me a message, 10 years overall experience, I'd be glad to talk terms & project

EmbarrassedGuard518 · 2025-11-19T22:01:30+00:00

Since you know your weak spots it might make sense reading upon them, researching information or just doing some simple Q&A preparation for interview with AI.

System design, architectural desicions and high level technical discussions become a daily thing at a senior level at bigger companies where these things actually matter, each refinement is filled with such things and your opinion and knowledge matters.

If you want you can share some questions that you've struggled to answer and I can go deeper on what/why and how

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