IdeaMade Blog

Ideas for building software that lasts beyond the first version.

Product thinking, development notes, and lessons from building IdeaMade in public. Articles appear in their original language.

Nov 3, 202610 min read

Why AI App Builders Break When You Change Things

You ask AI to add a status filter and expect name search to keep working. See how IdeaMade uses your existing requirements, a change plan, and the current app to guide the update.

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Nov 2, 202610 min read

How to Turn an Idea into an App Without Coding

Take a simple app idea through planning, generation, testing, and publishing. Follow a client-tracking example to see how to build and improve an app without writing code.

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Aug 7, 202610 min read

How to Plan an App Before You Start Building

Before building an app, define the problem, users, core workflow, business decisions, page structure, and assumptions that actually shape the product.

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Aug 6, 20263 min read

Why AI-generated apps become difficult to maintain

AI can help you build an app in minutes. But as your product evolves, maintaining consistency between your original idea, your code, and your users' needs becomes the real challenge.

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Aug 6, 20266 min read

What Should an AI App Blueprint Actually Include?

A useful AI app Blueprint should go beyond a vague prompt. It should define the product goal, users, workflows, pages, constraints, assumptions, and the key decisions that shape what gets built.

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Jul 20, 20263 min read

Why we are building IdeaMade

AI has made software development easier than ever. But building a real product that users love is still hard. This is why we are building IdeaMade.

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Jul 20, 20264 min read

Who we are designing for

IdeaMade is built for people who have product ideas but do not have a full engineering team. Here is who we are designing for and why.

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