Guides, Tutorials & Insights
In-depth articles on AI app building, vibe coding, and modern software development from the Fabricate team.
How 1,824 people build apps with AI
Original data from 1,824 Fabricate AI builders: phones versus desktop, 120 countries, ChatGPT versus Google, prompt length and time to a working app.
Read articleBest vibe coding tools in 2026
Lovable, Bolt.new, v0, Replit, Cursor, Base44, Emergent and Fabricate compared by what each is genuinely best at and how each one meters your usage.
Read articleCloudflare limits you only discover in production
Field notes from running a multi-tenant fleet on Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV and R2: the limits that bite, and why they rarely look like quota errors.
Read articleDo you own the code an AI app builder writes for you?
Two questions hide inside "do I own it": copyright in AI output, and whether you can get the code out. A verified portability matrix for six builders.
Read articleWhy AI-generated React breaks
AI-generated React compiles, then fails at runtime. The 28 failure patterns Fabricate detects before deploy, and what a static gate cannot catch.
Read articleThe security holes AI puts in your backend by default
AI-generated backends are mostly functional and reliably under-authorized. The failure classes we see in Workers and D1, and a review a non-expert can run.
Read articleCannot read properties of null (reading 'useMemo')
A complete fix for the React null useMemo error in Vite. The cause is usually two React instances from two optimizer generations, not two copies on disk.
Read articleWe turned off our AI code fixers
Fabricate ran two LLM repair passes over generated code. Both are off. Why a deterministic static gate replaced a stochastic one, with the code.
Read articleWhat does it actually cost to build an app with AI?
A plain-English guide to Fabricate credits: what makes a build use more or fewer credits, monthly limits, and how to estimate your own usage.
Read articleWorks in preview, breaks after deploy
A differential diagnosis for when the preview works and production does not: six failure classes, the symptom each produces, and the fix.
Read articleAdd Stripe to a Fabricate App in 30 Minutes
Create a Stripe test account in one click, test checkout in your Fabricate preview, then claim the account and activate real payments.
Read articleAdd Stripe Subscriptions to a Fabricate App
Add a monthly membership to a Fabricate app with Stripe Checkout: a Subscribe button, members-only pages and a status check against Stripe. No webhooks.
Read articleYour First 10 Users in 7 Days
A 7-day playbook to land your first 10 real users for a Fabricate app. Three channels, two templates, zero marketing-speak.
Read articleValidate an MVP in 48 Hours
A two-day playbook to build a Fabricate MVP, put it in front of 20 real people, and walk away with a yes/no kill-or-keep decision. No vanity metrics.
Read articleService Business → Client Portal
A two-day playbook for agencies and freelancers to ship a branded client portal: projects, files, invoices and messaging, and charge more for it.
Read articleThe Complete Guide to Vibe Coding
Vibe coding explained: history, tools, techniques, best practices, and where AI-assisted development is heading. The definitive 2026 guide.
Read articleBest Free AI App Builders in 2026, Compared
Free AI app builders compared, checked October 19, 2026: the free plans of Fabricate, Lovable, Bolt.new, v0, Replit, Base44 and Dyad, and how each meters.
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