Ok so I just vibecoded my very first app with Gadget and I gotta say I did not expect to actually finish. It's just a silly personal app but I'm still happy with the turnout.
Someone threw out the idea of doing a pushup challenge at my company. Everyone was super into it, basically just do pushups whenever and track how many you did.The idea was simple: do sets throughout the day, log your reps, and try to beat your coworkers. At first we just used a piece of paper taped to the wall, which got crumpled up and unreadable fast.
I figured I could put together a quick app to replace it. Ended up building the whole thing in a couple hours using Gadget. It’s nothing fancy, but it works and people actually use it, which is more than I expected. I put up a demo version without auth if you want to try it: https://pushup-app.gadget.app
Gadget handled most of the heavy lifting. Google login was basically two clicks, the database setup was visual, and deployment was automatic. The databases and hosting was also completely taken care off. Found it much easier than netlify or vercel imo.
All of this ran on their free Hobby plan. I used 23 AI credits (basically their version of code assist). Didn’t hit any limits.
Not shipping this anywhere, it’s just a simple internal tool. But I’m glad I actually finished something.
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