Building VotePath India with Antigravity and Google Cloud Run

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I recently worked on VotePath India, a project that started with an idea shaped through Prompt Wars and was then turned into a working app using Antigravity and Google Cloud Run.

GitHub repository:
https://github.com/Varsha-678/VotePath-India-.git

Live app:
https://votepath-india-43614834658.us-central1.run.app

The idea behind this project was to explore how far I could go from a prompt-driven concept to a real deployed application. Instead of keeping it as just a prototype, I wanted to make it accessible online and test the full flow from planning to deployment.

What is VotePath India?
VotePath India is a web application built around the voting domain. It was created as a practical project to understand how to turn an idea into a real product, and how to host it publicly using cloud infrastructure.

The project helped me combine:

Prompt-based thinking.

GitHub-based source control.

Cloud deployment.

Real-world debugging and IAM fixes.

Public sharing through a live URL.

How I built it
I started with the concept and refined it through Prompt Wars and Antigravity-style workflow thinking. Then I pushed the code to GitHub and deployed the app on Google Cloud Run so it could be accessed publicly.

The deployment process taught me how source-based deployment works, how Cloud Run builds containers automatically, and how important IAM permissions are when deploying apps from source.

What I learned
This project gave me hands-on experience with:

Turning a prompt idea into a deployable product.

Using GitHub as the source of truth.

Deploying a service on Google Cloud Run.

Solving permission issues during deployment.

Sharing a live app link as a finished outcome.

Challenges I faced
One of the biggest challenges was a deployment permission issue. The build failed at first because the default service account did not have the required IAM permissions. Fixing that taught me that cloud deployment is not just about code — permissions and infrastructure matter just as much.

That challenge made the project more valuable because it was not just a smooth tutorial run. It was a real debugging experience.

Final outcome
Today, VotePath India is live and accessible through Cloud Run. What began as a prompt-based idea became a deployed application that I can share publicly.

GitHub:
https://github.com/Varsha-678/VotePath-India-.git

Live demo:
https://votepath-india-43614834658.us-central1.run.app