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No one is using my vibe hosting :(
Lada Hrbacek
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The Idea<br>I got very excited one day. My startup idea number 981 :D<br>“There is definitely a huge need for a one-prompt, free hosting for vibe coded projects!”
Something without the need to sign up for any account.<br>Something without a need for another MCP. Something free.<br>Something where you tell your agent “deploy it ” — and he/she magically deploys your project minutes later on your free root linux server running on a SSL secured custom subdomain.<br>Not only to host couple of static html files, but to have a fully fledged linux box running cron jobs, services, web servers, databases. Basically anything.<br>The idea grew in me for couple of days, as did the excitement. Then I finally decided to build it (thank you Claude 🙏)<br>The Build<br>Sunday Morning:<br>“Hey claude, let's create this: thevibehosting_com_specs.md”<br>Couple hours later, I had a working prototype.<br>Then I refined it and iterated for couple days in my free time, purchased couple Hetzner servers — naively, I expected a ton of interest 😄 (totaling 96 gigs of RAM)<br>Then sent it to my dev-ops friends. First pen tests followed as well as fixes, backups, common abuse detection, etc.<br>The Marketing<br>First thing that came up to my mind was sharing it with my fellow vibe coders. They have to feel the same need as I do. I figured that the r/vibecoding is the best place to go.<br>So I crafted a genuine request for testing and feedback, mentioning it is only a beta. A video showcase of how easy it is to deploy almost anything there using only one prompt.<br>Then I created a Meta ad account, published static and video ads created using AI (as I come from the martech world, see further in the article)
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Surprisingly, the Ads scored click-through rates so good that it blew my mind. Advertising in US, UK, Germany and France, cost per click 1,5 CZK == 0,07 USD (!!!)<br>Press enter or click to view image in full size
The Reality Check<br>Reddit<br>The Reddit community r/vibecoding marked me as spam, filtered out my honest feedback request. I tried couple more times, only ended up hitting a wall.<br>Everyone sharing their vibe coded projects doing just fine. But mine was blocked so hard, that when it finally went through only as a video post, some admin removed it 30 minutes later.<br>Meta Ads<br>While the ads were performing seemingly great, reaching approximately 10,000 people, bringing hundreds to the website, there was no one trying the product at all.<br>I couldn't figure it out.<br>The “Why”<br>Then couple days later I think I finally figured out why no one even tried it.<br>It is a trust issue.<br>It might look suspicious, it has no reviews, everyone feels like he vibe coded a golden nugget (which I totally get) — so why should they host the source code on some service no one heard of before.<br>What is next?<br>Honestly, I do not know.<br>I thought I should just share this story. I felt it might be helpful to other fellow vibe coders or entrepreneurs trying to reach their audience.<br>About me<br>Press enter or click to view image in full size
Claude POV: where thevibehosting.com was born.In 2012, we've built Tabfoundry (check #6 here).<br>A tool used by tens of thousands of Facebook page admins like the Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse, The Game Of Thrones producers for casting, Malaysian TVs, Sabon, Nivea, BMW, Toshiba and many other brands.<br>At the time, even Canva tweeted about us .<br>In 2015 we founded a new company, a customer data platform leadhub.co (only in CZ) that now serves more than 10 % of Czech E-commerce and delivers more than 100,000,000 e-mails a month.<br>Get in touch<br>If you have any thoughts, please get in touch: x.com/LadaHrbacek
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Written by Lada Hrbacek<br>60 followers<br>·77 following
Co-founder of social campaigns builder @Tabfoundry
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