Building an MVP, plainly explained
What it costs, what to cut, and when to stop prototyping on your own. Written for founders who don't write code.
Taking a vibe-coded app to production: the checklist we use
Before strangers sign up to an app built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit or Cursor, check these: data rules, secret keys, payments, backups and error alerts.
By Ali Sufyan, founder of MVP Ninja
· 4 min readHow much does an MVP cost, and what are you actually paying for?
What drives the price of a minimum viable product, why quotes vary so much, and how a fixed price from $1,500 works without cutting the parts that matter.
By Ali Sufyan, founder of MVP Ninja
· 3 min readBuilt a prototype with Lovable, Bolt or Cursor? Here's when to bring in a team
AI app builders are great for testing an idea. Where they usually stop, what it takes to turn a prototype into a product real users rely on, and which you need.
By Ali Sufyan, founder of MVP Ninja
· 2 min readHow to scope an MVP you can launch in 14 days
A practical way to cut a product idea down to the one thing worth proving first: the assumption, the core workflow, and a written list of everything that waits.
By Ali Sufyan, founder of MVP Ninja
· 2 min read