Your Vibe-Coded App Isn't Real Until It Has a URL

Short summary

Most AI-generated app projects celebrate 'shipping' when they've only built a working preview—a temporary sandbox that auto-handles infrastructure. Real shipping requires a URL on your domain, persistent uptime, and functionality for others. The gap between 'runs on my screen' and 'works for someone else' is where most AI-built apps die.

• •AI democratized code generation, but deployment infrastructure remains gatekept behind domains, servers, and persistence
• •'Shipped' means always-on with a real URL anyone can access, not a preview that dies when you close your laptop
• •Redefine done to include deployment; this eliminates graveyard projects and validates real product progress

Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.