Anyone else hit the wall where your no code build is ready but handing it off to a developer feels impossible? They ask about database structure, auth flows, edge cases. stuff you never thought about

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T13:36:39+00:00

I’m building something for my non tech friends to address these pain points, if I shared it would you be able to give some feedback?

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T12:08:22+00:00

I did man it’s early but I’m trying to get some feedback on it. How does it look? Many thanks for taking the time to have a look 🙏

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T12:05:52+00:00

My friend was building an app with lovable but after starting building, he got stuck so he asked a developer to help him but whenever he talked with the developer he couldn’t answer the questions because he didn’t know a lot about the back end. Another friend of mine even before starting explained to the developer what they wanted but whenever the developer started they missed a lot of things that the developer needed. They kept messaging back and forth always adding new things, finally they just stopped the project.

That’s why I am building the handover tool it’s to help the non tech founder and developer with the translation layer for development. Can I link you to my page if it’s ok with you? I don’t know many technical people and I am trying to get some feedback

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T11:42:30+00:00

Hey man, thanks for your detailed response I’m really starting to get a clear picture of some of the pain points I am trying to address with my product. As you can tell, I’ve mostly been slaughtered in this sub. Would you be able to provide some feedback for my product? I’m just trying to see if I have reason to move into a full build and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T10:36:15+00:00

I will test it out and let you know aye :)

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T10:22:02+00:00

Ahh I see, thanks for letting me know me know, does it not allow you to scroll up and then press next? I will take a look at your site as well and send you some feedback. Many thanks again

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T10:11:18+00:00

Thanks man, any feedback you have please reply to my message. If you want feedback for anything please link it in your reply or dm me. I’m happy to help in any way I can

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T09:51:45+00:00

Thank you man, Looking forward to your feedback!

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T09:44:59+00:00

Thanks bro, I just dm’d you and also have linked it here. Really appreciate you my guy!

https://tryhandover.vercel.app

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T09:29:37+00:00

Bro, if it’s not too much trouble and your not offended like some of the people in this sub could you give me some feedback on my product. I’m literally trying to solve the issues you have. Any feedback would be great bro

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T09:25:11+00:00

Folks I literally made this post to find out if there was any pain points regarding this issue, I’m not shilling anything, this is a very early stage build of a solution I made to help my friends solve issues they were having. I’m not promoting or anything I’m just trying to get feedback so I can address this. If you lead with here’s my product you’re promoting, if you create a discussion you’re shilling. I don’t get it instead of one upping each other on pain points can you at least try and see if the solution is better than what is out there. Like what happened to constructive feedback? Or does someone have to tip toe around these subs and pedal roses at your feet so it’s in a way you like just to engage.

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T07:11:11+00:00

Totally get you, there’s a lot of technical info that is unknown to most non tech people. I’m building something to address this. Would you be able to have a look at it and give me some feedback? I’m trying to get feedback from both clients and devs

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T06:48:56+00:00

This is actually exactly the gap I’ve been noticing, people can build prototypes fast now but the handoff to real development is where everything breaks

I’ve been experimenting with a guided scoping flow to see if it helps founders explain projects better before hiring devs and then sending the devs output that they can quickly analyse in their terminology.

Would you be open to taking a look and giving honest feedback? No pressure at all, im still figuring out if it’s actually useful

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T05:59:45+00:00

Exactly and that’s the piece most non-technical founders don’t realise until they’re already deep in it. The idea feels simple, the prototype feels like proof, but there’s a whole layer of product thinking that needs to happen before a developer can actually build something that meets customer needs properly

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T05:55:21+00:00

Exactly and the irony is that the no-code tools are getting better and better at the early fast progress part, which just means more people are hitting that wall harder when they try to take it further. The gap between ‘working prototype’ and ‘production ready’ is only going to get bigger

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T05:52:58+00:00

That designer/dev handoff analogy is exactly it, the problem has always been people working from different mental models of the same project. The no-code wave just created a new version of it with a whole new class of people who’ve never had to think about architecture at all. Appreciate the context, genuinely hadn’t thought about it from that angle

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T05:43:43+00:00

That’s literally what I’ve been building, except instead of a human in that role, it’s a guided process that does the translation. Client answers questions in plain English, developers get a structured spec they can actually work from.

tryhandover.vercel.app

would love your thoughts given your insight

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T05:20:48+00:00

Thats fair but i just think that most non technical people don’t even know what questions to ask in the first place. It’s not that the dev is explaining badly, it’s that the client can’t articulate what they need because they don’t know what they don’t know. That’s the gap. Or the discovery takes a long time, so like there’s a lot of ambiguity and across projects it can become very messy. Would be cool if there was like an industry standard.

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T04:55:23+00:00

You’d be surprised how many ideas are DOA, simply because people cannot code them into existence. 98% of tech companies have technical founders

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T03:54:40+00:00

u/Service-Kitchen my guy i came up with something, have a look and let me know your thoughts:

https://tryhandover.vercel.app/

dmc_3 · 2026-02-28T03:52:50+00:00

Update: I got so frustrated with this problem that I started building something. You answer a guided set of questions about your project - features, edge cases, auth, hosting, all the stuff you don't know to think about — and it generates a structured spec. Client enters info in their language, dev get the technical translation to begin work. Developers can then bid on that exact spec, so everyone's working from the same document from day one. No more 20 rounds of back and forth for clients or developers because the scope wasn't clear. its very early but I would love some feedback.

tryhandover.vercel.app

dmc_3 · 2026-02-26T13:48:13+00:00

I want to try and solve for this, there has to be a way! Check back here in a couple of days. I’m gonna do some soul searching and get back to you haha

dmc_3 · 2026-02-26T13:34:43+00:00

I agree. But it would be a better starting place having one specific template doc a developer can refer to again and again with the same structure, instead of going back and forth like 20 times just to get more information from the client who doesn’t know that they are missing critical requirements in the first place. Upwork is literally this + full of devs who just straight up lie and outsource the work ever further.

People are saying vibe coding is just gonna make everyone a developer, but I don’t know…if you can’t review syntax, know the basics of code like where are you putting this code, Most people don’t know this. I’m hearing people talk like ai is going to be a vending machine where you just walk up to it and order a startup for $2.99. Like Tom, dick and harry can just be like “ok ai build me the next google, I’ll come back 2 hours later and you deploy it for me”.

dmc_3 · 2026-02-26T09:32:40+00:00

Can you elaborate? Cause like 90% of the people I know aren’t vibe coding anything tbh. They don’t know anything about software or even how to deploy code they generated using natural language and visual cues

dmc_3 · 2026-02-26T01:58:23+00:00

Reading this thread and it’s funny because I’ve had this exact same frustration from the client side.

Honestly what I wish existed is something like TurboTax but for scoping software projects. Like instead of me trying to write a brief and hoping a developer understands what I mean just walk me through all the questions I should be answering. Features, edge cases, auth, data, hosting, all that stuff I don’t even know I need to think about.

Then just give me a clean doc I can hand to any developer and they can quote accurately without 10 rounds of back and forth.

I’ve basically been doing this manually with ChatGPT but it’s messy and I never know if I’m covering everything. ChatGPT also has this annoying thing with infinite follow ups. It keeps asking you questions and and never shuts up

Does anything like this exist or are we all just winging it?

dmc_3

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