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As head of product engineering at Replit, Amol has a firsthand look at which vibe-coded apps become real businesses. He showed me three apps built by non-coders that reached six figures, then walked through his 4-step process to take a prototype to production — publishing, security, monetization, and distribution.
Amol and I talked about: (00:00) He built an app in 3 days that made $100K+ in month one (02:08) Three vibe-coded apps that became real businesses (08:04) What six-figure vibe-coded apps have in common (12:31) Live demo: Turn an AI interview coach into a real business (13:59) Steps 1 and 2: Publish the app and make it secure (17:50) Steps 3 and 4: Add payments and optimize SEO (21:35) How to replace expensive SaaS with internal tools (28:22) What software survives when code costs almost nothing (31:02) Why value is moving from models to apps
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Where to find Amol: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jainamol Website: https://replit.com
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