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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 operating a multi-tenant fleet of apps on Cloudflare Workers, D1, KV and R2. The limits that actually bite, what they look like when you hit them, and why quota exhaustion almost never presents as a quota error.

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Guides21 min read

Do you own the code an AI app builder writes for you?

Two separate questions hide inside "do I own it": copyright in AI-generated output, and whether you can actually get the code out. A verified portability matrix for Fabricate, Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, v0 and Bubble, last checked 26 July 2026.

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Engineering20 min read

Why AI-generated React breaks

AI-generated React compiles and then fails at runtime. Here are the 28 named failure patterns Fabricate statically detects before deploy, why models produce them systematically, and what a static gate cannot catch.

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Engineering21 min read

The security holes AI puts in your backend by default

Is AI-generated code secure? Mostly functional, reliably under-authorized. The specific failure classes we see in generated Cloudflare Worker and D1 backends, which ones a static gate catches, and the pre-launch review a non-expert can actually 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 dependency-optimizer generations, not two copies on disk -- which is why dedupe, alias and deleting node_modules do not help.

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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 disabled. Why we replaced a stochastic repair pass with a deterministic static gate and per-milestone validation, with the code.

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Pricing21 min read

What does it actually cost to build an app with AI?

A full, honest breakdown of token-weighted credit billing in AI app builders, using Fabricate's real numbers: 10,000 weighted tokens per credit, output weighted 5x, cache reads at 0.1x. Includes the arithmetic so you can estimate your own usage.

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Engineering20 min read

Works in preview, breaks after deploy

A differential diagnosis for a common AI app builder failure: the preview works, production does not. Six failure classes, the symptom each produces, how to confirm it, 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, freelancers, and consultants to ship a branded client portal — projects, files, invoices, messaging — and charge more for it.

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Guides18 min read

The Complete Guide to Vibe Coding

Everything you need to know about vibe coding: history, tools, techniques, best practices, and the future of AI-assisted software development. The definitive 2026 guide.

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Guides15 min read

Best AI App Builders in 2026

We tested every major AI app builder in 2026. Compare Fabricate, Bolt.new, Lovable, v0, Replit, Cursor, and more on speed, quality, pricing, and full-stack capabilities.

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