How to prompt an AI to build a Next.js app step by step (budget app example, with checkpoints that catch bugs)
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"Build me a budget app" works for about ten minutes. Then the AI coding assistant fills in every decision you didn't make, and you're debugging choices you never saw. The fix is boring but it works. Split the app into small prompts, make each prompt decide everything up front, and end each step wit…
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- 2026-10-22 13:02 · DEV Community — AI
How to prompt an AI to build a Next.js app step by step (budget app example, with checkpoints that catch bugs)
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