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Spend 2–4 hours planning before vibecoding your app.
I used to skip it and go straight to prompting. It worked at first, then I wasted days fixing avoidable mistakes.
Now I plan first: what I’m building + how it flows.
Same AI. Better output.
ROI:
→ less fixing
→ less back-and-forth
→ faster builds
A few hours upfront saves days later.
superb..great work!
Thanks Sahil.
nice work
Appreciate it.
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How much time do you spend saying “I’ll get back to you with details” instead of actually designing? 😣
I don’t think AI should generate more designs. My dream AI flow would be that at the moment I book a project, all the admin to builds itself 😏
1️⃣ A task board with timelines and phases already mapped
2️⃣ A contract generated from the project scope
3️⃣ A budget aligned with my pricing, ready to send
No back and forth. No losing 2 to 3 hours doing things I have already done a hundred times.
Because the real bottleneck is not the creative phase. It is everything around it and I believe that if that disappears, the work gets better by default.
Tell me, how much time do you spend on admin stuff and what would you automate first if you could?
Over the years I've designed many mobile apps for clients.
This one is different. It's mine.
- Two weekends.
- Figma for the design (it's hand-made)
- Claude for the code, App Store research and strategy and everything related to the app submission.
- 1 rejection from Apple, sorted out in a few minutes this morning, resubmitted for review and we're now live.
It's nothing world changing - just a kitchen timer. But it's on the App Store and I built it as a designer with zero coding skills. Gotta wrap up a case study for this soon.
P.S. Feels a bit odd to have "Developer" label above my name 🤣
Cool stuff Ivo, congrats on the lunch 😃 . You probably got this request before haha, do you mind sharing more behind the scenes of this project? For example, did you start first in Claude then doing visual refinements in Figma or the other way around?
Thanks 🫡
Okay designers, I need your brains for a second 👀
I’ve been working on a new branding project (sneak peek coming soon, it’s for a Deluxe M kind of vibe ✨) and once again I found myself stuck in the same loop…
I have so many ideas when it comes to presenting brands. Not just logos on a white background, but full-on storytelling, mockups that feel alive, visuals that actually sell the vibe.
And then… I hit the execution wall.
I’ve tried a few AI tools, played around with mockups, and tested different workflows,: but I still feel like I’m overcomplicating everything and spending way too much time trying to make it look how it feels in my head.
So I’m curious
How do you approach your branding presentations?
What tools are you using for mockups?
Do you build scenes from scratch, use templates, AI, or something else?
Basically… how do you make the process smoother without killing the creativity?
Would love to hear your workflows, tips, or even struggles so we can all suffer evolve together 😅✨
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