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taking the 2d of ASCII and having it represent 3d assets adds a ton of dimensionality to brand elements.
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this is pure f*cking treasure
20 best tools for turning an AI-built prototype into a product people can actually use
the interesting part is the handoff: research informs the interface, the interface meets real data, and the launch feeds evidence back into the next build
FIND THE SIGNAL
01 Exa
▸ exa.ai/docs
02 Parallel
▸ docs.parallel.ai/introductio…
03 Apify
▸ docs.apify.com/get-started
04 Mobbin
▸ mobbin.com/
SHAPE THE EXPERIENCE
05 Relume
▸ relume.ai/
06 Magic Patterns
▸ magicpatterns.com/
07 Onlook
▸ onlook.com/
08 Spline
▸ spline.design/
MAKE IT WORK
09 Convex
▸ convex.dev/
10 Unkey
▸ unkey.com/
11 Polar
▸ polar.sh/
12 Val Town
▸ val.town/
KEEP THE SYSTEM MOVING
13 Trigger. dev
▸ trigger.dev/
14 Pipedream
▸ pipedream.com/
15 E2B
▸ e2b.dev/
16 Browserbase
▸ browserbase.com/
SHIP AND LEARN
17 Arcjet
▸ arcjet.com/
18 Railway
▸ railway.com/
19 Braintrust
▸ braintrust.dev/
20 PostHog
▸ posthog.com/
the loop:
find the signal → shape the experience → wire the product → run the work safely → ship → watch real behavior → improve the next version
pick the tool for the bottleneck in front of you. this is a builder's map, not a 20-subscription shopping list
save this, then add an AI employee to your finished product by following my article ↓
excellent balance of "entropy" and layout built in code to achieve cohesion in visual language
consistency of characters as particles maintains the texture
four colors (deep brown/green, blue, off-white, black and orange) with off-white setting the warm hue and overall feel of the set
layout with simple text titles to contrast the organicness of the primary visuals.
pay attention to what ui appears when,
and how complete the statuses are for both the dial and the list
great work
Onlook (YC W25) retweeted
Onlook for making your apps look 🔥
AI app building is getting f...cking illegal
10 GitHub repos for turning GPT 6 Astra into a system that can build, deploy, and operate entire web applications
01 OpenUI
▸ github.com/wandb/openui
→ generate UI components from natural language
BUILD THE INTERFACE
02 bolt.diy
▸ github.com/stackblitz-labs/b…
→ build full stack applications with AI
03 Onlook
▸ github.com/onlook-dev/onlook
→ visually edit React applications with AI assistance
CONNECT THE BACKEND
04 Supabase
▸ github.com/supabase/supabase
→ database, authentication, storage, and APIs
05 Appwrite
▸ github.com/appwrite/appwrite
→ backend infrastructure for modern applications
06 Payload
▸ github.com/payloadcms/payloa…
→ TypeScript CMS and application backend
AUTOMATE THE WORKFLOWS
07 Trigger.dev
▸ github.com/triggerdotdev/tri…
→ background jobs and long running tasks
08 n8n
▸ github.com/n8n-io/n8n
→ connect APIs and automate business workflows
SHIP THE APPLICATION
09 Coolify
▸ github.com/coollabsio/coolif…
→ self hosted application deployment
10 Dokploy
▸ github.com/Dokploy/dokploy
→ deploy and manage applications on your own infrastructure
the architecture:
idea → UI → backend → database → workflows → background jobs → deployment → production
3 builds worth bookmarking:
AI SaaS:
bolt.diy → Supabase → Trigger.dev → Coolify
internal tools: OpenUI → Appwrite → n8n → Dokploy
content platform: Onlook → Payload → Trigger.dev → Coolify
the crazy part is how much of the application stack is now open source
you don't need 10 separate SaaS subscriptions just to prototype an idea
one AI model, 10 GitHub repos, an entire application stack ⭣
Onlook (YC W25) retweeted
been a while since I've done a podcast and this one was a blast!
chatted about comics, creativity, brand, and the ideas behind the new @onlookdev
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