Reasons
Whether it's Cursor, Windsurf, or Copilot, AI coding is becoming increasingly smooth, intelligent, and impactful. However, anyone who has used it knows that AI has difficulty coding a decent application from scratch. Compared to starting from scratch, AI is particularly adept at replicating and modifying existing models: if you provide a template and ask it to make changes, it can quickly develop an application that satisfies you.
BTW: I strongly believe in the statement above, which is why my website was also developed using a combination of templates and AI. Overall, I am very satisfied with it.
So, where can you find these templates?
Hence, template0.com was created.
What are its advantages?
It helps you quickly find the template you need:
- Includes preview images on the homepage, and most details contain either long screenshots or multiple screenshots.
- Contains category classifications, such as product landing pages, blogs, resumes, personal homepages, admin dashboards, services, business sites, and more.
- Includes technology stack tags to help you quickly find the tech stack you are familiar with.
- Personal selections of some featured templates are also included.
Moreover, you can also submit your free templates to gain permanent backlinks to enhance your SEO.
Revenue Model
How does the website make money? First, let me clarify that the site does not profit from the templates, This allows you to explore the templates you want with confidence, without any interference from commercial content.
The site's revenue model relies solely on sponsorships, with sponsored placements at the top of the homepage and category pages to cover costs like server hosting, domain, CMS, and labor.
Since template0.com is currently in its very early stages, you only need to pay $1 to get the most prominent, targeted developer traffic. Detailed requirements can be found on the Price page.
Is it only in English?
Yes, I figured instead of going international, I would focus on collecting more templates. So, internationalization was not implemented.
Moreover, there are many bilingual translation plugins available now, allowing users to translate the entire site at the press of a button.
Some Points of View
Why do I think the opposite, that templates are static and AI is dynamic? With AI, template site traffic should decrease because people won't need templates to jumpstart; they'll have AI generate things more aligned with their needs.
From what I understand, AI still struggles with generating cohesive, comprehensive websites, and simple customization of templates can also be challenging for non-developers or those not familiar with the tech stack. The combination of AI coding and templates perfectly complements each other, making it very fast to launch a website like the one mentioned above. I've personally experienced that AI's auto-completion and editing capabilities are relatively high in usability.
This is also evident in the prompts we commonly use with AI assistants. Providing examples is a crucial technique to improve the accuracy of AI (LLM) Chat responses and is one that everyone uses frequently.
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