AtlasGao

37yo coding muggle, AI-curious, building from zero. Sharing the raw journey of #Vibecoding & #BuildInPublic

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

A week ago, I was still complaining that people were wildly overstating what AI could do. “Build an entire project with one sentence” felt downright misleading.
Then Astra came out and blew me away. I kept hitting the five-hour limit until I used up my Plus quota, then jumped straight to 5x Pro.
I expected to burn through that soon and upgrade to 20x Pro. Instead, I was told today that upgrades are temporarily unavailable.
I know it’s probably temporary, but now I’m budgeting every token. What a wild ride. @thsottiaux

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Same product requirement, totally different results.

Side-by-side comparison: 5.6 Sol vs. Astra.

Astra’s component layout, visual aesthetics, and micro-details are truly next-level compared to Sol.

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Just discovered an incredible free AI tool: Google’s Stitch. @stitchbygoogle

The infinite canvas is amazing, and the UI + animations it generates are way faster and higher quality than Codex.

Highly recommend checking it out!

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

What’s one non-AI fundamental skill that saved you when AGENT got stuck?

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Claims like “one sentence is all it takes for AI to build your website or app” are LIES!!!

I’m 37, started from zero, and spent hundreds of millions of tokens learning this:

If you want to move from prompt-jockey to great builder, you still need to understand the non-AI process of building websites, apps, games, and any other kind of project you want to create from scratch.

Without that foundation, you’ll get trapped in an AI-generated Möbius loop—endlessly prompting without ever moving forward.

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

This is a really interesting concept. The real-time generation speed and UI interactions look solid.

The hard part is keeping prompts consistent across scenes and making the transitions feel natural. That’s a tough problem to crack.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Okay I built it!

🍰 Infinite Slop
https://t.co/wz0a7VSBtS

An infinite and interactive AI generated live stream of slop that goes on forever and ever

Anything that you write in the chat is generated next and AI will try to connect it to the previous video so there's an actual sequence and story line

Idea by @marcantoinefon and @rehan_shei's original stream so I made it

It'd be very expensive to run this so @fal very generously sponsors this

They also fine-tuned the model that makes this possible for the first time, making Minimax H3 50x faster and as "Max" and it can now generate videos faster than you can watch them, very cool!

Let me know what you think!!!! 😊

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

A great move

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Today is a very historical moment for AI video generation

You can now generate AI video faster than you can watch it

Before it'd take let's say 2-5 minutes to generate 15 seconds of video

@fal made a post-trained Minimax H3 variant called Max which is 50x faster than the original but still maintains quality

It generates 15 seconds of video in 9 seconds!

That means you can now do new things like build a perpetual livestream with it that never ends!

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

I started with a messy list of AI product ideas for my first 90-day project.

I used AI as a thinking partner to narrow them down. My filters were simple:
• Would I personally use it?
• Can I test the core value within 90 days?
• Can the first version be reduced to one tiny loop?
The idea that survived: 3 Minute Speak.

I’m building it for Chinese speakers who want to turn a thought into a clear 3-minute answer — at work, in interviews, or in everyday conversations.

The UI is in Chinese because Chinese-speaking users are my first focus.

V0 stays deliberately small:
One prompt → 30 seconds to prepare → up to 3 minutes to speak → replay and self-review.

No login. No social feed. No complicated dashboard.
I want to learn whether this small loop genuinely helps people express themselves more clearly before building anything bigger.

Where would you most want to practice a 3-minute answer?

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

@maker_jackie 这本书看完还蛮有启发！

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

@maker_jackie 感觉非常梦幻！

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

A thought on Vibecoding:

Before AI, you were a hand drummer with one drum. After AI, you’re behind a full drum kit playing an entire solo set. 🥁
Leverage doesn't replace the musician—it just amplifies the sound.

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Found another lifesaver for non-tech builders!

A Vibecoding jargon dictionary.

Instantly decodes unfamiliar technical terms into plain words.

Helps put a name to weird bugs or behavior I encounter.

Gives actionable, step-by-step fixes for common issues. 😅

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Found two super helpful resources today:

A 0-to-1 guide that’s brutally practical (in Chinese, but packed with actionable steps).

A tool to monitor all my agent token usage + a community showcase of real projects.

What’s the best tool or resource you’ve discovered recently？

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

@launch_llama Just a muggle builder here to learn from all the builders in the replies! Hopefully, I'll have something worth featuring soon!🫡

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Just stumbled upon an app for business idea discovery.

Two questions on my mind:

Is it worth purchasing?

Is it worth rebuilding as my 90-day AI project?

What’s your take?

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Day 2: Finding a problem worth 90 days of work.
A few prompts in, and reality hit: the app market is brutal and crowded. Browsing Product Hunt and Reddit feels overwhelming. Most showcase products built for pros, which isn't always inspiring for a beginners like me.

[AtlasGao @AtlasGaoBuilds]

Hi, I’m Atlas — 37yo and a complete coding muggle.
I’m learning to build with AI in public, starting from zero.
My goal: Turn 1 small idea into a real product in the next 90 days.

Day 1 starts now. What are you building right now? 👇

#buildinpublic #vibecoding #AI