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Elias Sarigoz

pro

• Jul 9

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Elias Sarigoz

pro

• Jul 9

🎁 Giveaway Time! Girtas - Personal Coach Template. It's published and it can become yours Original Price is 90$ Just for you. Free for 24 Hours. Time begins now! What to do? 📷 Like & Repost 📷 Comment "Girtas" Must be following so I can DM the Remix link'💬

Growfiy Studio

• 3h

Okay, Base44 crossed my radar and I have thoughts 🤔

It's a no-code AI app builder — you describe an app in plain English, and it generates the entire stack: frontend, backend, database, auth, hosting. No prompting for just a UI mockup, actual working software. Wix acquired it, so it's got real backing now, not just a side project.

Here's the part that made me pause as a developer: reviews keep comparing it favorably against Replit for cost and reliability. One user said they burned $700 on a broken Replit app before switching over.

My honest take: this isn't "coming for developer jobs" — it's coming for the first draft phase. Founders validating an idea, internal tools that don't need to scale, quick prototypes for stakeholder buy-in. The moment you need real architecture decisions, compliance, or scale, you still need someone who actually understands the system underneath.

But that first-draft phase used to be billable hours for a lot of freelancers. Worth thinking about.

Anyone here actually built something real with Base44, or is it still "impressive demo, fragile in production" territory?

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Prem Shandilya

pro

• 1d

Most AI products look cold. Yours might too.

I built a hero section that feels different. Calm. Contemporary. Premium.

Look at it. Then look at yours. If yours loses, we should talk.

UI Design UX Design Web Design Claude Framer Midjourney

Shahriar Jubayer Eshat

• 1d

Well done

Rachel Cohen

pro

• 1d

Starting the morning with some client feedback that has me feeling like ✨tee hee hee✨

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Maty Sandoval

max

• 4h

"The animations really bring it to life" from a client is the kind of line you screenshot and keep forever. Was the animation work in Framer's native interactions or did you bring in something like Lottie for the more custom stuff?