Show HN: I built the fastest AI app builder that I can find(vibes.higashi.blog)
vibes.higashi.blog
Show HN: I built the fastest AI app builder that I can find
https://vibes.higashi.blog/
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great
Wow this is really cool. The fact that it streams components one by one is really nice compared to having to wait.
It reminds me of claude.ai/imagine (which isn't available anymore) and https://github.com/wandb/openui
It reminds me of claude.ai/imagine (which isn't available anymore) and https://github.com/wandb/openui
haha yea i got tired of waiting and wanted to see things coming to life. interestingly there is another HN post right above this one that asks what people do when waiting for LLM response. hopefully we dont need to wait!
Ultimately, I'd like to go for the experience of - if I want an app, instead of downloading an existing one, I just go there and vibe one, and I can use it right away, like perhaps a calculator, a world clock, a note pad, or prototyping an app idea. The page gets torn down right after each use, or you can create a link to make it reusable/sharable for a certain duration.
But it's really about making vibe products disposable and responsive that I think it will make our experiences with AI app builders a lot better.
But it's really about making vibe products disposable and responsive that I think it will make our experiences with AI app builders a lot better.
I've tried classic LLMs like ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini and dedicated text-to-app builders like Lovable/Blink/Bolt/Replit. For the former the experience is still a bit crude - a lot of times I have to manually spin up the pages they create to see what's going on. The latter looks fancy but requires a sign up, and then by the time I enter the prompt, the spinner spins forever to bootstrap a production ready app with databases and log-in, when my intention is just to use it myself and see if it works.
So after I sign out from work yesterday for Christmas break, I decided to vibe one myself and hence created Vibe Builder. The idea is simple: - Single page HTML. TailwindCSS. HTML components and JS blocks. No need to create fancy frameworks or templates when you can just vibe on DOM elements. - Build the app where you enter your prompt. Zero deployment hassle. - Stream everything, never wait for AI to fully finish their thought. - Optimize for time-to-first-UI-change. You get to se the changes live. - And post on HN to see if it works.
This is just a V1, as you can see it only generates dead UI. but i already had fun asking it to generate wild app ideas or clones of existing apps and see how fast AI puts things together.
Next, I'm considering using HTMX to add interactivity to the components, as well as have a vibe API router that actually handles interaction.
Let me know if it builds the app you have in mind!