Field notes for building with an AI assistant.
Practical guides on shaping your template into the app your business actually needs — no computer-science degree required.
Your first hour with a template: from download to deployed
A calm, click-by-click walkthrough of unzipping your app, introducing it to your AI assistant, and getting it live on Azure's free tier — before lunch.
Read the guide →Configure Google login in your app
A precise walkthrough of creating Google OAuth credentials and wiring them into your template — including the redirect URL mistake that trips up almost everyone.
Create a free Azure account and the free-tier traps to avoid
A step-by-step walkthrough of setting up a free Azure account, plus the free-tier traps that catch people who don't know to look for them.
The right way to prompt AI to add a feature to your app
A repeatable prompting pattern for asking your AI assistant to add real features to a working app without it breaking what already works.
Keep your secret keys safe
Where your API keys and client secrets should live, where they should never end up, and how to check your repo isn't already leaking them.
Launch your first business app with no coding
The starting point for readers earlier in the journey — what vibecoding actually means and how to launch your first real business app without writing code by hand.
"Log in with Google" explained
What actually happens when a user clicks "Log in with Google," and why handing authentication off to Google is safer than building your own.
Database Nightmares: Schema Migrations and the AI Memory Limit
Relational databases don't forgive AI's memory limits — here's why schema migrations and ORM setup are where AI-assisted apps break, and how a pre-configured data layer fixes it.
Get your AI assistant to understand code you didn't write
How to hand your AI assistant a codebase you didn't build yourself and get it reasoning correctly about the architecture from the first message.
What a database is, in plain language
A plain-language explainer for what a database actually is and why these templates use SQLite — no computer-science background needed.
From Localhost to Live: Why Deployment Breaks Your App
Your app runs perfectly on your laptop — then deployment breaks everything. Here's why going live is the hardest part of vibecoding, and how a pre-configured pipeline skips the pain.
Why ORM matter and how it improves whole app architecture
An ORM is more than a query shortcut — it shapes how your whole app is structured. Here's why a preconfigured data layer pays off long after launch.
Building Apps with AI: The Real Roadmap to "Vibecoding" (and the Traps to Skip)
A grounded look at building real software with AI — what actually works, where the shortcuts bite back, and how to keep momentum without painting yourself into a corner.
How to Build Features at Lightning Speed: Extending Your App with AI
With the scaffolding already handled, your AI can act like a senior developer working purely on your ideas. Here's the four-step flow for adding real features in minutes, not days.