From prompt to production: how Glider11 builds apps
A look inside Glider11’s multi-phase generation — planning files, writing UI, and keeping your live preview honest.
The problem with “one-shot” generation
Most AI builders try to emit an entire application in a single response. That works for demos — until a file truncates, a component imports data that never existed, or the preview crashes on first paint.
Glider11 takes a different path. We plan the app, generate foundations first (data and helpers), then components, then the entry file — so each layer can see what already exists.
What you see in the builder
While Glider11 works, the activity feed shows real progress: Thinking, Planning, Creating components, Generating code, Finalizing, Build complete. That transparency isn’t cosmetic — it maps to the same events that drive generation on the server.
When a build finishes, files land in your project, the Sandpack preview remounts, and you can keep chatting to refine without starting over.
From preview to something you can ship
A great preview is only useful if you can publish it. On Starter and above, Glider11 lets you publish live apps, export code where your plan allows, and keep iterating from the same project history.
The goal isn’t to replace engineers — it’s to compress the distance between “I need this tool” and “my team is using it.”
Build the next version
Take what you learned here into the Glider11 builder.