Frequently Asked Questions
The short version
- What is ArchVibe?
- ArchVibe is a 34-lesson software architecture course for people who build apps with AI tools such as Lovable, Base44 and Claude Code: you direct, the AI writes the code, and you finish with a real app running online. It is a written course at archvibe.app, by Tamir Magnezi. It is not connected to the architecture and interior design companies that share the name.
- Who is ArchVibe for?
- People who build working apps with AI tools and cannot read the code those tools write. If you have shipped something with Lovable, Base44, Bolt, Claude Code or Codex and hit a wall you cannot describe, that is the reader. No coding background is assumed anywhere.
- What do you finish with?
- A real app running online, built one wall at a time across 34 lessons: one growing project that gains a database, logins, file uploads, background jobs, payments and monitoring as each lesson introduces the problem that needs it.
- How much does ArchVibe cost?
- Ship It (lessons 1 to 13) is $69, Sell It (lessons 1 to 26) is $149, Scale It (lessons 1 to 34) is $249. Each tier is a one-off payment, not a subscription, and you can upgrade later for the difference. The Architect's Toolkit is an optional add-on at $39.
- Is any of it free?
- Yes. You've Outgrown Lovable and Your App's Brain and Lesson 1, How to Direct Your AI Builder are free to read with no account and no card. The free part ends with a working app you built. The first paid lesson is Lesson 2, Trust Without Reading Code.
- Which tools does ArchVibe teach?
- It teaches with Claude Code, and every prompt works with Codex too. The app you build uses Next.js, Vercel for hosting, Clerk for logins, Neon for the database, Vercel Blob for uploads and QStash for background jobs. Each lesson also explains the alternatives and when you would pick them.
- Is there video, or a community, in ArchVibe?
- No. It is written lessons with optional narration, no instructor video, no community and no code review. It is built to be read at your own pace, next to your own app, and updated once a year.
My app is already live and has users. Does this assume I start over?
No. Every lesson is written to be applied to whatever you have already built. The worked example is one app carried through the course, and the prompt at the end of each lesson has blanks in it for your own product, your own prices and your own limits. Nothing asks you to rebuild.
Does it cover monthly subscriptions, or only one-off payments?
Both, and the subscription case is the one it spends most of its time on, because it is the one with more ways to go wrong: renewals that fail, cards that expire, people who cancel halfway through a month they have paid for. Any price, monthly or once.
I built something with Claude Code or Cursor and now it is slow and breaks. Will this help?
That is the problem it was written for. An AI builder answers the question you asked. It will not volunteer the queue, the cache or the background job you did not know to ask for, because nothing in your prompt said the app would still be running in six months. The course teaches you which ones to ask for and when.
Every time the AI adds a feature it breaks another one. Why?
Because everything is joined to everything else, so there is no safe place to make a change. An AI given a codebase with no seams in it patches on top of the patch. The fix is not a better prompt, it is a shape: separate parts with clear edges, so a change to one of them cannot reach the others.
Why not use a no-code platform like Bubble or FlutterFlow?
They are good at getting something in front of people quickly. What they are not good at is the day you want something they do not offer, or the month your bill grows with your users. You end up paying more for less room. Owning what you built means you can move it, change it and host it wherever is cheapest.
My idea is simple. Do I really need any of this?
Simple apps break for the same reasons complicated ones do, and they break sooner because nobody expected them to need anything. The other half of the answer is money: an all-in-one platform charges monthly for the privilege of hosting something small, and most of what this course uses has a free tier that stays free at your size.
Do I need to know how to code?
No, and the lessons contain none. You are doing the deciding, not the typing: what has to be true, what happens when it is not, and which of the available answers fits an app your size. The prompt at the end of each lesson does the building.
Which AI builder is it written for? Can I use Codex or Cursor?
Claude Code is the one it demonstrates with, because it writes real files and takes on a whole multi-step build. The skill is the same in all three, and every prompt is plain English with blanks you fill in, so Codex and Cursor users can paste them unchanged. The lessons say "Claude Code" for short; read it as "your AI builder".
I can launch an app. I cannot keep one running. Is that covered?
Yes, and it is the half most courses stop before. Reading a log to find out what broke, deploying without holding your breath, and keeping the bill flat while the number of users is not.
How long does it take?
Each lesson is fifteen to twenty minutes of reading and one prompt at the end, so the twenty-six that end at getting paid come to about eight hours. You do not have to read them in order or in one go: most people read the one whose wall they have just hit.
Is there any support, or is it only the writing?
It is only the writing, and the price says so. There is no coaching, no calls and no community. If something in a lesson is wrong or unclear, tell me and I will fix the lesson.
Is it video?
No. It is written, on purpose: you can search it, skim to the part you need, and copy a prompt without scrubbing a timeline. Nothing to install and nothing to download.
What is the add-on at checkout?
The Architect's Toolkit: one-page cheat sheets, a prompt library, launch checklists, a cost calculator and a troubleshooting playbook. Optional, and the course is complete without it.
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