Building 8 Apps in 30 Days | Challenge 💪

code-escapee · 2025-03-28T01:26:56.811Z

divypratap73:

Thanks! Bolt vs. Bubble comparison was recently settled by Bubble’s AI announcement.

Settled?! Because they are joining the race years after everyone else and are entering it with ginormous tech debt while leaking their top talent and without a focused mission…

I’m curious why do you feel an announcment settles anything?

luke.ford · 2025-03-28T02:02:59.043Z

Bubble really does help you build faster, i was able to build a fully working mobile app to help people co partent, manage a calendar, ai chat screening between the two partents. I did all of this in 3 days.

ademiguel · 2025-03-28T10:32:23.711Z

I don’t want to duplicate the discussion that is being held in this other (very interesting) thread, but that’s the current situation.

Bubble.io vs AI Coding (bolt.new, V0, Cursor AI, Replit, Claude AI) Meta

I’ll throw my 2 cents in the discussion. As per the (current) capabilities of AI generative tools for writing code, I believe Bubble + AI is one of the best options for people without coding capabilities. If you know how to code, you better start learning how to properly prompt tools like Cursor, because you’ll get the best results with it, in terms of scalability and cost of running your code (I’m in this situation myself). Examples like @fede.bubble having a rough time with one-prompt at…

I keep my interest on seeing properly AI generated code vs Bubble.

divypratap73 · 2025-03-29T00:02:40.590Z

You have to understand something: they have a complex full-stack system that has been running for over 10 years, with thousands of businesses relying on it. Implementing something AI-driven in such complex projects takes time.

Take Google as an example - it took them time to catch up, and even now, they’re still behind. It’s very likely they will always lag behind OpenAI. If you had to bet on who would achieve AGI first, most people would put their money on OpenAI.

It’s not easy for any organization, regardless of size, to support an existing system, manage users, and ship new features. (I know Bubble hasn’t released much, but they mentioned revamping their entire structure for better performance.) Also, some events happened (the Silicon Valley Bank drama), so there was a lot going on within the company.

So yes, even though they introduced AI features late, it reassures me because they didn’t just add AI fluff for the sake of saying they’re AI-enabled. And for me, that’s far more valuable than BOLT!

divypratap73 · 2025-03-29T00:05:53.711Z

I’m quite packed otherwise, I would challenge someone to build a complex app alongside Bolt , Perhaps someone else will step up.

divypratap73 · 2025-03-29T00:12:50.158Z

Day 23

App 6: HRMONY

Progress & wrap up

Meetings
Company Policy
Assets
Settings
Dashboard analytics
Clock in and clock out

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bubble.trouble · 2025-03-29T00:45:17.031Z

divypratap73:

I’m quite packed otherwise, I would challenge someone to build a complex app alongside Bolt , Perhaps someone else will step up.

@divypratap73 I completely understand as I am quite packed as well. The difference is I can make time for the challenge because it will only take me an hour or so to build a product that will take days in Bubble. Tag me if you find someone up for the challenge.

So yes, even though they introduced AI features late, it reassures me because they didn’t just add AI fluff for the sake of saying they’re AI-enabled. And for me, that’s far more valuable than BOLT!

While I have so much respect for what you are doing, what you are saying is uninformed chatter. Bolt is built by a company called stackblitz. Stackblitz has been around since 2017. Its sophisticated container environment is used by some of the top technology companies in the world. They didn’t add “AI fluff for the sake of saying they’re AI-enabled”. They built on their existing technology a cleverly integrated LLM chat to produce an amazing product. It’s also worth noting like Bubble they recently received 100 million in backing, so clearly some people believe it’s not just “fluff”.

Again, I’m not here to create an argument, but I do believe it’s healthy to have a fair and informed conversation.

divypratap73 · 2025-03-29T01:01:45.905Z

Oh no, that fluff thing I mentioned was for Bubble only, not for Bolt. Of course, they are an AI-first product, so they are not AI fluff. But there are companies that have had products in the market for the last 10+ years, and they have implemented AI here and there in their products and are saying, ‘We are AI-enabled.’

bubble.trouble · 2025-03-29T17:27:57.357Z

@divypratap73 Thanks for the clarification and sorry for misinterpreting your comment!

code-escapee · 2025-03-30T03:42:28.647Z

I understand that and have dealt with all types of production environments. It’s still just an announcment and doesn’t mean anything until it’s been executed. And given Bubble’s execution the past 2 years and the insanity of making its primary focus native mobile apps A YEAR after AI hit the market, makes that announcment worth even less.

hi_bubble · 2025-03-30T06:13:55.914Z

Very cool idea and super strong progress. Just read the entire thread. You really inspire me

Here are some app ideas although idk if they are fun or doable:

A poll tool for internal use inside a company where employees can create and send polls to clients asking how well they did/how satisfied they where on the last project.

A CSS generation & preview tool

An image editor tool where users can upload an image and the tool would offer many ways to edit it such as: cut it in 4 pieces, rearrange randomly and put it back together. Or apply a kaleidoscope effect or something else. Maybe the users can create or submit their own crazy image editor ideas..

An email designer but just for bubble apps

An image board community

A tool where users can submit ideas for a challenges like this, after a range of time user can vote on the coolest ideas..

Cheers

divypratap73 · 2025-04-01T22:30:09.958Z

Thanks for the suggestion mate, very cool idea’s
I took your first one and tried to build it as my next app in this challenge!

divypratap73 · 2025-04-01T22:45:19.915Z

Day 24-26

Couldn’t do anything on days 24 and 25. Something came up that kept me tied up the entire time. I felt guilty for two days straight for not working on the challenge. It’s something that still needs more of my time this week, so I’m afraid I might not be able to complete the challenge on time but I’ll do my best with every waking minute I have. Anyway, I found some time in the evening on day 26, so without wasting time searching for ideas, I took one from the ideas @hi_bubble shared.

App 7: POLLIFY

Progress

Dashboard
Login/Signup
Multi type poll setup
Poll creation page
Poll response page

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fede.bubble · 2025-04-03T19:07:45.511Z

wow hard to believe you are almost at the end of your 30 day journey

divypratap73 · 2025-04-05T22:44:39.131Z

Day 27-29

I haven’t had a chance to build anything on day 27,28 the week was fully packed, and something unexpected came up in schedule. Somehow, managed to complete this app on Day 29. I could have added more functionality, but there’s no time left in this challenge. With just one day remaining to build the final app, I had to wrap this up with limited features.

App 7: POLLIFY

Progress & wrap-up

Completed 3 type of voting system
QR code generation for link sharing
Response page for all poll type
Analytics page
Voting as anonymous or as a user

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msgiblin · 2025-04-05T23:55:33.551Z

Your commitment to this challenge is inspiring, and your UI looks excellent despite the lack of time - great work!

divypratap73 · 2025-04-06T22:51:45.905Z

Thanks @msgiblin means a lot !

divypratap73 · 2025-04-06T23:44:06.478Z

Day 30 - Last day of the challenge

It was the last day of the challenge, and I was still one app away from completing it. Rather than building something that required more brain power, I chose to use a public API. Even though I wasn’t implementing any complex logic, that didn’t mean I had to compromise on the feel of the app , I still wanted to make something useful. Between PDF APIs like iLovePDF and an Anime API, I went with the anime one because ofcourse, it’s more fun to build
I spent maybe 3–4 hours on it today and managed to build a somewhat useful app. (I wish I had more time to utilize API and build something more solid.)