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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Giving someone AI-assisted coding tools does not make them a software engineer,
just like giving someone accounting software doesn’t make them an accountant,
and access to legal templates doesn’t make them a notary. Good luck! ;-)
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@paul_van_der_meer Good parallel! :D
bozheville.com still building, all replit, it's actually been easy and given it's a thing I do on the side in my spare time, it has been progressing well. Not making money:) but only just launched:) feel free to check out and all feedback is welcome
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@tatiana_gramatikova_bonneau Will it be safe for people? (I mean, there is some kind of anonymity, right?) But what if they share photos after quite a good writing to each other and will be disappointed?
@busmark_w_nika so as is, all info shown publicly is a nickname, whatever the user choses to share about themselves in the intro and their interests - and those are used to show potential matches. The verification is on the backend, so for a profile to become active they submit a verification request and that's done manually - I contact the person and make sure they are real (I know, not scalable but not thinking that far yet).
The disappointment after sharing photos - I am pretty sure it will happen but then it's the inverse of what is usually happening - people fall for pictures (lots of them fake/edited/etc) and then get disappointed by the character or they don't even give the character a chance because of a picture...so not sure it's a bad thing, I mean really, if you find someone who you can chat with for hours and be yourself and you're having a great time and it turns out they are not looking like superman - how bad is that? Plus it's about connections, dating is an option but not a must.
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@tatiana_gramatikova_bonneau I am curious to see how things will play out. Anything that is related to human psychology and sociology is interesting, because it can help with marketing :)
@busmark_w_nika reading Bonded by Evolution, Paul Eastwick can check it out, related to dating but not only, a lot on psychology etc
CellFit www.cellfit.com.au just went live on both Apple App Store and Google Play Store and after years of addiction, homelessness I went back to school, learned, coded, built, designed a Supabase database, used third party oauth, intentionally kept things simple so as not to over complicate my one person team and the feeling of reaching this level is absolutely incredible.
Tear to the eye stuff.
I must add, for an industry where a person, literally an ex heroin addicted homeless person can take a laptop and internet connection then, not only be able to, but to be encouraged to, release a product though companies such as Google and Apple is absolutely amazing... brilliant.
Imagine if all industries were the same?
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@michael_kalaf How do you plan market it among other fitness apps? BTW, strong story! Thank you for sharing it!
@busmark_w_nika Honestly? I was all about getting it up and published, being my fist time I did not want to go about selling a product I did not even technically know I had.
I am also a full time student doing a Bachelor in I.T. so, lol, the genuinely correct answer to your question is slowly. I need to make display videos for example, I need to "rep it" and do some old fashioned cold calling and obviously, I need to use social media also.
I believe that my App is unique in its simplicity, it has a nice, very simply, yet very effective share feature(for professional subscribers)where a professional user, has a very simple client creation, where they can then invite and share their workouts.
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@michael_kalaf I am always a huge fan of apps that can improve quality of life + health :) Looking forward to your trajectory :)
@busmark_w_nika Thank you. More slow and steady than meteoric:)
SmartCue
Gramms - personalized bedtime stories for kids - vibecoded it over a weekend! - Gramms.ai
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@robin_singhvi Have you already launched here on PH?
SmartCue
@busmark_w_nika scheduled for March 14!
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@robin_singhvi Then feel free to ping me.
mine was speakeasy — an ios app that converts article urls into audio so u can listen while commuting or doing dishes
stack: expo + react native for mobile, fastapi backend, inworld tts (with openai as fallback), icloud for storage
hardest part was honestly the audio chunking. inworld has a 2000 char limit so i had to split at sentence boundaries and stitch the chunks together cleanly. lots of edge cases
earned money? yeah its live on the app store with a subscription, getting traction now. shipping with ai is just... different. i wouldve taken 6x longer without it
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@sup_nim For now, how many people subscribed to the paid subscription? (and when did you submit them to the stores?
I have no technical knowledge and for the last few weeks I have been working on a mini project in my spare time juggling work and family. I built a tool that allows you to compare salaries across different cities and neighborhoods helping you understand how far your salary will go around the world, factoring in cost of living, taxes, even family status. Take a look here - https://salary-converter.com/
Built mostly with Claude Code and a bit of Grok and Perplexity (mostly for side research and when I run out of tokens). Still working on this but would love feedback. There's also a free embeddable widget people can use to add the widget on their websites here: https://salary-converter.com/widget
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@jay7gr I would need something similar for comparing salaries so I could set for myself better price on interviews :D
This is a great question! For me, 'vibecoding' was the bridge that let me finally build Agentfarm.se 🚜
The Project: I’m building a sovereign AI agent hub. The Tool: I used Claude Code to help me navigate the complexity of local LLMs, but the 'vibe' was definitely more 'industrial' than 'web-app.' The Hardest Part: Getting everything to run on bare metal AMD GPUs with ROCm. 🛠️ It wasn't just about the code; it was about making the hardware and AI play nice together without relying on the big cloud providers. The Money: Not yet, but I'm launching on Product Hunt tomorrow to find out! 🚀
I think vibecoding is a superpower for developers who want to focus on the architecture and the 'why' rather than getting stuck in syntax.
If you're into local AI and sovereignty, check out the farm here: agentfarm.se
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@albin_p TY! Supported the launch :)
@busmark_w_nika 🙏
Huddle01 Cloud
The first project I built was TweeReader. I didn't know I was vibecoding at the time
I just wanted to ship something before the hackathon, so I took help from ChatGPT, and ended up becoming the second runner-up
In my experience, vibe coding makes things quicker for me, but if I understand the codebase, it makes the feedback loop shorter.
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@otodidakt_20 and have you earned something with that tool?
Tomosu
My first vibe-coded project was actually an early prototype of Tomosu — an iOS app that locks all apps by default for digital wellbeing. Used Cursor + Claude heavily for the SwiftUI parts I wasn't confident in. The hardest part: making "nothing happening" feel intentional rather than broken. AI was great at writing the code, but teaching it the UX philosophy took a lot of back-and-forth 😄 Just launched today on PH!
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@nakajima_ryoma I supported it :)
Molt Beach
@busmark_w_nika My first vibe-coded project was a todo webapp — classic entry point 😄
But the one I'm most proud of came later: Claudine, a kanban board for Claude Code. Built it because I kept losing track of which agent conversations needed my attention vs. which were still running.
Tool used: Claude Code itself (meta, I know)
Most difficult part: Auto-detecting conversation status from raw JSONL files — inferring "is this waiting for me?" is surprisingly tricky
Earned money? Not directly — it's free & open source, but it's saved me tons of time managing parallel sessions
If you're deep into Claude Code and want to keep your vibe without losing the thread: claudine.pro
Curious — did anyone else end up building tools for their AI workflow after their first project? Feels like a whole category emerging 👀
#thanks-for-upvotes!
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@babalunda I like naming to be honest! :D