Plan for the hours after the 20-minute demo
First version in 20 minutes, then a couple more hours · X · @mauricedotxyz · Sep 2026
A non-technical community member rebuilt a broken bot with AI quickly, and is upfront that it took more hours to finish.
The honest numbers
- Says the first working version took about 20 minutes
- Says a couple more hours afterwards
As stated by the source. Not independently verified.
Lesson
The first demo is fast and finishing takes longer. Plan for the second part.
Fix prompt
Copy this into your own AI tool (Cursor, Lovable, Claude Code, Bolt…). It's general guidance written by us. Review what the AI suggests before applying it.
I'm new to building with my AI coding tool. Be my patient teacher. 1) Look at my project and explain its structure in plain English: what each main folder and file does. 2) Teach me the 5 basics I most need right now (e.g. git commits and branches, env vars, how deploys work, reading an error message, backups), each with one tiny exercise in my project. 3) Suggest a small next feature that's a good learning step, and how to ask you for it in small, testable pieces. Don't change code without asking me first.
Source: X ↗