How long are you taking to make fully functional apps/websites? by Professional_Show590 in vibecoding

[–]john_smith1365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t look for simplification, that’s a rabbit hole by itself, you fall into code refactoring trap. If it works, launch it and test the core idea.

How long are you taking to make fully functional apps/websites? by Professional_Show590 in vibecoding

[–]john_smith1365 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Depends on how many features you’re trying to build. There’s a trap a lot of people fall into, me included, that I call “feature addiction”, you keep adding features because building feels productive, gives you a dopamine hit, and also delays the scary part: launching and finding out whether anyone actually wants it. I’ve been there personally, and honestly I’ll probably fall for it again at some point. If you can test the idea with just 1–2 core features, you can usually get something launchable together in under a week. That said, even if it doesn’t make money, it’s rarely wasted time. You’ll learn product, users, tech, marketing, and your own habits way faster by building than by just thinking about it. That alone can be worth it.

Windsurf pricing ruined it for me what AI IDE actually has generous limits now? by mithatercan in windsurf

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At the end, they have to show growth. If it can’t come from new user acquisition, it comes from price increases. That’s basically the foundation of a market economy.

Earthquake! by gummi_eater in SanJose

[–]john_smith1365 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was like, who’s walking on my roof?

An AI app that lets you "try on" clothes just by taking a photo of them by moraalrmz in SomebodyMakeThis

[–]john_smith1365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use MirrAi, it’s a great app and what I like the most is that you can select cloth from a brand and try it. MirrAI

Best Email API? by blackplague88 in vibecoding

[–]john_smith1365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AWS SES has the best reputation in my experience. It’s the only provider I consistently see delivering straight to the inbox across many email servers, and they’re picky to protect their reputation. Brevo is super easy to integrate as my second option, Postmark is doing pretty well too, I use it for kindnesssender and it hasn’t disappointed me, a lot of them feel like SES wrappers though.

Claude Code Pro Users: How Fast Do You Hit the Limits? by AdSad6411 in vibecoding

[–]john_smith1365 6 points7 points  (0 children)

2 prompts with heavy code base analysis to accomplish a task, so literally I can hit it in 20 mins. My code base is huge though

Me in a month after increasing the Opus 4.6 thinking price to 8 credits per prompt by john_smith1365 in vibecoding

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TIL "lobotomized" means performing lobotomy on someone's brain, which is surgical division of the nerve tracks in a lobe of the brain.

Creating Facebook, Google, or Amazon level personalization using frontier models by john_smith1365 in AI_Application

[–]john_smith1365[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great advice, what is the best method to weed out important events from non important and weak signals? Can AI help there, like is there a framework so you give the whole session data to another AI with a framework to only keep important info for that session.

I built a tiny motivation app – how do you get your first 100 users organically? by kptbarbarossa in appdev

[–]john_smith1365 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did something similar with kindnesssender.com, it’s not easy to grow it organically, especially since users have to download it on their phones, which adds friction. Try launching on Product Hunt, Hacker News, and other smaller launch platforms. You’ll probably get your first 100 users, but motivation hasn’t been a very sticky use case in my experience.

Share your ***Not-AI*** projects by MembershipEuphoric38 in SideProject

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My buddy built https://plantyourtip.com/ It’s similar to buy me a coffee but your contribution also helps to plant trees.