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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runCLAUDErun
Had been testing vibe coding tools for a few years since the launch of Devin. But, the first project I managed to fully vibe code and launch into production without writing a single line of code was https://nannabanana.ai (w/ Claude Code Opus)
The second one I just launched last week is runCLAUDErun (https://runclauderun.com), a scheduler for Claude Code. Also built without writing code using Opus 4.1 + Sonnet 4.5.
I'm an experienced product engineer, so my prompts are going to be better than non-technical vibe coders, but we've hit that point where it's actually possible to write and release software without coding. And it'll only get better from here.
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@williamwnekowicz I love word playing with nanna banana :D have you been somehow inspired by Gemini Nano Banana AI? :D
runCLAUDErun
@busmark_w_nika of course! It uses Nano Banana to generate the images. Thought they missed an opportunity in the naming.
Well, I am building Parrot - An AI Transcription and Translation desktop app built for India. Think WhisperFlow but with native support (and better accuracy) for Indian users. You can hold (or toggle) a hotekey and write into any app, with any languages (english + code-mix + Indian native languages)
I mostly coded through @opencode and for IDE i mostly used @Cursor . Mostly models like @Gemini and @Claude by Anthropic were used but I also experimented with @OpenAI Codex.
Here's a few SS -
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@29sayantan I think that a short intro video would help to explain the tool :)
@busmark_w_nika Yes! I actually have a video here (By the way we are launching today!)- https://www.producthunt.com/products/parrot-8?launch=parrot-63bb17c2-cfad-43db-b610-7c679ec515a8
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@29sayantan Cool, gonna support :)
My first vibe coding project was a video editor called Vexo - Video Editor, because I wanted to build something I'd actually use myself. As a solo Flutter developer, I built it in about a week and managed to get it published on Google Play. The whole process — from idea to live on the store — was honestly faster than I expected. Now I'm working on bringing it to iOS too. Still a long road ahead, but super excited about where this is going! 🚀
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@liulei That's cool! I edit myself and tried many desktop tools, but not so many for smartphones. How many users do you have?
@busmark_w_nika It's only been out for a week, and it already has over 500 downloads. Since I'm an Android developer, I'm currently researching iOS and plan to release it on the App Store later.
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@liulei It seems like it has a bit of potential. Keep improving it and expand :)
I vibecoded Trimless For Gmail V3 using @Replit (the landing page using @bolt.new ) at https://trimlessforgmail.com
And instead of searching and trying to validate SaaS ideas the old way, I used https://chromegoldmine.com for a huge list of expired, profitable browser extensions. Working on number 2 right now! :)
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@rafvantongerloo That's cool! When did you push these two into the production? :)
It was a prank website where users can upload a photo and it generates a fake news article complete with a video about that person crashing out and throwing a huge baby tantrum.. ha. It was just for fun to see what was possible and it sort of opened my eyes to what I could do.
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@alexanderbiglane Prank? :D I already love it :D
@busmark_w_nika haha thank you, tantrumify.com. its silly but I had fun with it.
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@alexanderbiglane You should incorporate something there about Diddy (that's a kinda MEME) :D
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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?