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Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

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Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

#32

Post by toddmorey »

lagrange77 wrote: post #24

That's the most 2025 startup name and idea i've come across so far.

I worry that almost all the 2025 startups I've seen are AI app builders. Where are the novel new applications? I get that codegen is currently one area where AI does well, but it also feels like we're struggling with other use cases.

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

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Post by alepeak »

lysecret wrote: post #18

In general to me it makes a lot of sense to lean much more into "templates" (I'm sure lovable etc already do it, because it's also a nice way to save money). And it's much easier to at least guarantee some basic security when it comes to auth, payments, db setup etc. Of course you can shoot yourself in the foot right after that.

Totally agree, security is a big point. It’s hard to trust LLMs on security, which is why we aim to make ‘white box’ backends

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

toddmorey wrote: post #32
lagrange77 wrote: post #24

That's the most 2025 startup name and idea i've come across so far.

I worry that almost all the 2025 startups I've seen are AI app builders. Where are the novel new applications? I get that codegen is currently one area where AI does well, but it also feels like we're struggling with other use cases.

I’ve spent an enormous amount of time with practically every AI model out there, from coding to image-gen to video-gen

The tech is still simply too hard to use effectively for the vast majority of lay people, especially for anything beyond a cool product demo

Some of it is due to quality of the models, some of it due t quality of the tooling

Prompt engineering is still a skill and that’s beyond what a casual user can figure out

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

#36

Post by alepeak »

fazkan wrote: post #33

congrats on the launch, lots of competition in this space. (leap.new, replit etc). Even convex has their own app-builder.

thank you! There’s definitely a lot happening in this space, our focus is on making backends secure, robust, and understandable rather than just black-box codegen

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

#37

Post by mccoyb »

toddmorey wrote: post #32
lagrange77 wrote: post #24

That's the most 2025 startup name and idea i've come across so far.

I worry that almost all the 2025 startups I've seen are AI app builders. Where are the novel new applications? I get that codegen is currently one area where AI does well, but it also feels like we're struggling with other use cases.

My optimism says the good new stuff is coming slowly because people who care about their craft and taking things slowly aren’t in any rush to get to market.

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

#39

Post by mguerville »

Herobrine2084 wrote: post #9

I think the evolution of vibe coding tool is definitely the editor. Having a black box with no way to maintain it is an absolute liability. That's why I think app generators must be a good editor before being able to generate anything. It seems you went this way with the cool node interface. I'm doing the same thing with https://luna-park.app , but for fullstack apps.

Bolt.new has a nice IDE and Roo.code is literally just a VS Code Plugin

Re: Launch HN: VibeFlow (YC S25) – Web app generator with visual, editable workflows

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Post by vinibrito »

Well I am/was building something that looks a lot like this, a shame I never applied to YC, wondering now if I should apply to other funds now so I can continue working on it, the prototype is ready so I have the main part figured out. A question, perhaps, could you give some tips to pitch this specifically, just for incubators, based on your experience?
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