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In-depth articles on AI app building, vibe coding, and modern software development from the Fabricate team.

Guides17 min read

Best 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.

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Engineering20 min read

Cloudflare 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.

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Guides21 min read

Do 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.

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Engineering20 min read

Why 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.

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Engineering21 min read

The 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.

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Debugging17 min read

Cannot 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.

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Engineering18 min read

We 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.

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Pricing10 min read

What 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.

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Engineering20 min read

Works 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.

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Launch Playbook6 min read

Add Stripe to a Fabricate App in 30 Minutes

A practical 5-step playbook to wire Stripe checkout into a Fabricate app and start charging customers in 30 minutes. No backend code required.

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Launch Playbook7 min read

Add Stripe Subscriptions to a Fabricate App

Wire monthly Stripe subscriptions into a Fabricate app in under an hour. Includes webhook handling, Customer Portal, and the grace-period gotchas.

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Launch Playbook7 min read

Your 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.

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Launch Playbook7 min read

Validate 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.

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Launch Playbook8 min read

Service 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.

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Guides18 min read

The Complete Guide to Vibe Coding

Vibe coding explained: history, tools, techniques, best practices, and where AI-assisted development is heading. The definitive 2026 guide.

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Guides15 min read

Best AI App Builders in 2026

A comparison of the major AI app builders in 2026: Fabricate, Bolt.new, Lovable, v0, Replit and Cursor on architecture, pricing and full-stack scope.

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