Engineering & shipping notes
53 essays on AI app generation, multi-agent pipelines, deployment and the engineering decisions behind VULK.
52 articles
ai· 7 min readHow VULK Genome Generates Unique Website Designs
Inside the Genome system — a gene-based design engine with 170+ visual components, industry detection, and smart sequencing that creates uni…
Mar 31, 2026
João Castro- product· 7 min readFeatured
Introducing VULK: Build Web Apps With a Single Prompt
VULK turns a text prompt into a deployed web application. Describe what you want, watch it plan and generate, preview it live, and deploy to…
Mar 31, 2026
VULK Team 
development· 7 min readVerified Generation: How VULK Ensures Your App Actually Works
Inside VULK''s 5-stage verification pipeline — from phase-gated generation to Vite validation and browser verification, catching errors befo…
Mar 31, 2026João Castro
development· 8 min readFeaturedVULK Chat SDK: Build Bots for Telegram, Discord, and More
A unified SDK to build AI-powered chat bots across 6 platforms — Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and WeChat — from one…
Mar 31, 2026João Castro- engineering· 8 min readFeatured
VULK Design Skills: How AI Generates Professional-Grade Code
Inside the 9-skill system that teaches VULK how to generate production-quality code — from design systems and React patterns to animations,…
Mar 31, 2026VULK Team 
mobile· 5 min readVULK Mobile App: Build Apps from Your Phone
The VULK mobile app brings the full generation experience to iOS and Android — build, preview, deploy, and manage projects from anywhere.
Mar 31, 2026João Castro
comparison· 10 min readFeaturedVULK vs Bolt vs Lovable vs v0 vs Replit: Honest Comparison (2026)
A factual comparison of AI code builders in 2026 — platforms, backends, mobile export, deployment, pricing, and where each tool actually exc…
Mar 9, 2026João Castro
inspiration· 10 min readFeatured10 Apps You Can Build with VULK in 10 Minutes
10 real app ideas with copy-paste prompts for VULK. Portfolio sites, SaaS dashboards, mobile apps, Shopify themes, and more.
Mar 7, 2026João Castro
guide· 8 min readFrom Prototype to Production: The VULK Workflow
The complete workflow for building apps with VULK -- from initial idea to deployed product, with real tips for each phase.
Mar 7, 2026João Castro