A data-driven field report from 165 Reddit threads, 36 subreddits, over 50 X/Twitter posts, and zero platform sponsorships. The Problem: Nobody Knows Which App Builder Is Actually Best Choosing an app builder in 2026 should be straightforward. There are more platforms than ever, more reviews than ever, more comparison articles than ever. And yet the question “which app builder should I use?” produces worse answers today than it did five years ago. ...
Three AI coding tools dominate the conversation in early 2026: Claude Code, Cursor, and Replit. Each takes a fundamentally different approach to the same promise — making developers faster with AI. But which one deserves your time and money? We’ve spent weeks building real projects with all three to find out. This is an independent, unsponsored comparison based on hands-on experience. Related: For a broader look at the AI development landscape, see our State of App Building — February 2026 report. ...
The most-engaged thread in our State of App Building research tells the story: “The problem with vibe coding is nobody wants to talk about maintenance” — 562 upvotes, 252 comments on r/vibecoding. After a year of breathless excitement about AI-generated apps, the builder community is reckoning with a hard truth: prompt-based building is a powerful starting point, not a complete solution. The Pattern The Reddit data maps a textbook hype cycle: ...
Mid-2025 saw something remarkable: four major platforms — Cursor, FlutterFlow, v0, and Replit — all changed their pricing within weeks of each other. The result wasn’t just complaints. It was migration at scale. Cursor → Claude Code: The Dominant Migration The Cursor-to-Claude Code migration is the defining platform shift of the past year. Our research identified 10+ Reddit threads documenting it, including an entire 15-person startup that switched. The numbers tell the story: ...