AI Can Build Your MVP in a Weekend… But Should It?
Is your AI-built MVP a ticking time bomb? Reveal the 10-point "Red Flag" checklist to avoid vendor lock-in, exposed keys, and a $50k rewrite before you launch.
There’s a magic promise floating around the tech world right now: anyone can build their own mobile app without writing a single line of code.
It's a dream being sold to every aspiring entrepreneur and creative mind.
With tools like Cursor, Lovable AI-powered code editors, and countless "no-code" AI platforms, the message is clear:
You bring the idea, the AI will handle the rest.
Sounds amazing, right?
A direct path to launching your million-dollar startup from your couch.
We actually covered this topic in depth —highlighting all the pros and including a comparison table of top AI app builders— in issue #62 of the newsletter. If you missed it, it's definitely worth a read: “How Vibe Coding is Reshaping Entrepreneurship and Business”.
But now, let’s flip the coin and look at the other side of the story.
And let's be fair, these tools are revolutionary for certain things.
They're fantastic for building simple internal tools, automating workflows, or whipping up a quick prototype. But when the goal is to launch a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that will be put in front of thousands of real users —handling their data, needing to be secure, and ready to scale— that beautiful picture starts to get dangerously blurry.
The critical question that often gets ignored is this: How reliable, secure, and stable is an app built in a few days by someone who doesn't understand code, using only AI tools?
Is this promise a genuine opportunity, or is it a ticking time bomb in inexperienced hands?
“We built the whole app with AI in three days. Two weeks later we had to throw it away and start over. Because the code was unreadable spaghetti”
— An actual Slack DM we got last month
⛔ The Red-Flag Checklist for AI App Builders
If you rely solely on AI app builders, these are the landmines you would step on.
These ten items are the “unknown unknowns” that turn a weekend MVP into a multi-month firefight.
