VIBE CODING 101 — BUILD YOUR FIRST APP IN A WEEKEND
LESSON 04 / 06 · 12 MIN

Your first build (live demo loop)

Open the tool. Build. Iterate every 30 minutes.

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By Ramazan Valiev
Founder, Payout · Tbilisi, Georgia

The first prompt

Paste your spec into the tool. End with: 'Build this. Keep it minimal. Use the simplest possible stack. Deploy when done.' For Lovable/Bolt, the tool handles the rest. For Cursor, you'll see the code being written and need to confirm changes.

The 30-minute demo loop

Don't keep building for 4 hours before looking at the output. Every 30 minutes: open the live preview, click through the full user flow, note what's broken or missing. Then describe the fixes to the AI in plain English. Five short demos catch problems early; one big-bang demo at the end means costly rebuilds.

When things go wrong

Almost everything will go wrong the first time. The form won't submit, the buttons won't be styled, the deployment will fail. This is normal. The skill is in iterating: 'the booking form doesn't submit — fix it', 'the buttons look ugly, make them match this color scheme', 'the deployment failed — show me the error and fix it'. The AI fixes specific problems; vague complaints produce vague fixes.

[ CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING ]

1. How often should you preview your live build during a session?

[ EXERCISE · DO THIS BEFORE THE NEXT LESSON ]

Build the spec from lesson 3

Open your tool. Paste your one-page spec. Build. Preview every 30 minutes. Don't stop until you have a working URL someone could visit.

YOU'LL KNOW IT WORKED WHEN

You have a public URL. The main flow works end-to-end. You used the live preview at least 3 times during the build.

[ TAKEAWAY ]

Preview every 30 minutes during a build session — never go more than an hour without seeing the output.

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