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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

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Post by tchock23 »

echelon wrote: post #25
tchock23 wrote: post #23

I want to like this and dig into it as someone who has recently used Lovable and Base44 (and been using Bubble for a while), but the YouTube ‘demo’ video is really weak. The pace is too fast and you spend barely any time showing off your visual workflow feature, which according to your description is your differentiator. I would strongly recommend using some of your YC money to have a professional recreate that demo…

> recently used Lovable and Base44 Are you happy with either product? I tried them earlier in the year, and it was also really slow to make changes. I felt like they got stuck after a bit, too. It's a neat concept, but I feel like they're expensive templates. I'd honestly prefer a template gallery with a smooth and fast editing UI.

I was enjoying Base44 but found out midway through a project that it doesn’t support websockets so it wouldn’t work for my needs.

Switched back to Lovable and have been happily hacking away at that same project so far (although its early, and I know vibecoded projects tend to get gnarly later in the build).

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

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Post by orliesaurus »

alepeak wrote: post #14
orliesaurus wrote: post #12

I tried this but kept getting errors. I asked it to build a TODO list that searches the internet to "augment" my todo list with advice

what errors did you encounter?

the UI that came out of the TODO app was saying error, although I gave it the firecrawl APIkey

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

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Post by christoff12 »

aneeqdhk wrote: post #50
christoff12 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, more or less. I've been tinkering with what this might look like this summer, but haven't found a good solution. Seeing your "exploded view" of the backend resonated on that front. But instead of the nodes representing steps in a workflow, you'd have screens/views as nodes. Now, how the user would handle layout and components at that level, I'm not sure, but that's directionally what I'm asking about. I hope tha…

Check out WeWeb, it gives you an AI-assisted editor that lets you do exactly what you're looking for.

I didn't know WeWeb had a full on AI rebrand. Will give it a shot -- thanks.

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

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Post by anakaine »

I've just tried my first prompt on your "try" setting, and what was generated wasn't anything like what I was expecting, to be honest. I asked for a workout tracking app with a good list of requirements (maybe it was too complex?), and the platform thoughts for quite a while. What I got was a template for a front end to connect to an AI agent for chats.

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

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Post by replwoacause »

anakaine wrote: post #58

I've just tried my first prompt on your "try" setting, and what was generated wasn't anything like what I was expecting, to be honest. I asked for a workout tracking app with a good list of requirements (maybe it was too complex?), and the platform thoughts for quite a while. What I got was a template for a front end to connect to an AI agent for chats.

I didn’t have to scroll very far to find this kind of comment, which I was honestly expecting right from the get go. I feel like I’m always seeing this kind of feedback for these kinds of services.
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