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Tanay Vasishtha
Tanay Vasishtha

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Building Smarter: My Journey with CurateBang and Kiro

Every creator knows the grind. You have a great idea, but turning it into tailored content for Twitter, LinkedIn, and a blog is repetitive work. It kills creativity and momentum. I built CurateBang to fix this.

CurateBang is a minimalist tool that does one thing well: it amplifies your ideas. You provide a single prompt, and our AI engine generates high quality, platform specific content instantly. The interface is clean and focused. No distractions, just productivity.

Building this required a modern, scalable stack. We used Next.js for a fast frontend, hosted on Vercel for global speed. For our data, we chose NeonDB, a serverless Postgres platform that offers power without complexity. The AI core is driven by the Perplexity API.

The real game changer was Kiro. I used spec-driven development to architect the entire application. By defining the logic clearly, Kiro’s AI was able to generate robust, clean code for both the frontend and our serverless functions. This was not just about coding faster. It was about building better, with a clear architecture from day one.

We faced challenges. Our initial backend choice was powerful but proved to be the wrong tool for our data model. We made the call to pivot to NeonDB. This required a significant refactor, but it was the right decision. It taught me a valuable lesson: be willing to change course to build a better product.

This project confirmed my belief that AI is the most powerful tool developers have today. Kiro is more than an assistant; it is a partner in the creative process. It allows a solo founder to build with the speed and quality of a much larger team.

Thank you to the Code with Kiro team for this incredible opportunity. The future is not about replacing developers. It is about empowering them.

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