Building apps without code, using Create - Blog

In a recent live workshop, Dhruv Amin, co-founder and CEO of Create, showed us how users can build an AI-powered SaaS product from scratch just through plain English instructions.

Whether you're a technical founder, non-technical entrepreneur, or AI enthusiast, Create makes it possible to build fully functional, production-ready applications—without ever opening a code editor.

Over the course of the session, Dhruv demonstrated how Create can handle everything from UI design to database setup, AI-powered automation, authentication, and even payment processing.

This workshop is a must-watch if you’ve ever wanted to:

Build a software product but don’t know how to code
Quickly prototype and launch an AI-driven web app
Turn an idea into a working business—without hiring a developer

Here’s a quick look at what Dhruv demonstrated:

From idea to full-stack app in minutes

Many no-code tools provide pre-built components that users manually piece together, but Create does something different: it writes the actual code for you based on plain English instructions.

As Dhruv puts it:

“Under the hood, Create is acting like their AI product engineer and helping them build everything that they want in real code without having to worry about the complexity and annoyances of code—from dependencies to deployments to everything else.”

To demonstrate, Dhruv started with a simple prompt: “Make an AI to-do app that breaks down tasks for me.”

From just that single command, Create automatically generated:

A database schema
A working front-end interface
Backend functions to manage tasks
AI integrations to analyze tasks and break them down into subtasks

As Dhruv explained:

“In the background, it actually deployed an entire database for us and you'll see that it started with a task table and it actually guessed the entire schema.”

By the end of the first prompt, the app was already functional—users could add tasks, delete them, and store data in a fully deployed database.

Debugging and iterating fast—and without worrying about breaking your app

One of Create’s biggest advantages is its iterative development approach. Unlike traditional coding environments where debugging can mean scanning hundreds of lines of code, Create allows users to modify and refine their app using natural language—or even by asking Create to make something inspired by one or more existing apps or products on the web.

If bugs arise, Create can help you fix those automatically, as Dhruv noted:

"If you have a bug happening in your app, you can go ahead and quickly ask Create what's going on. It will usually look at the screenshot, it'll also look at the actual functions that's going on and the underlying code. Then, it’ll start to go ahead and try and fix these things so that it works end to end.”

Create also includes a canvas mode, which allows users to test individual parts of the app separately—such as the backend functions, database operations, or UI components—without affecting the rest of the project. As Dhruv says, “This helps builders get really deep into the weeds.”

Launching and monetizing—without the hassle

Once the app was functional, Dhruv showed how easy it is to publish it live—with built-in authentication, user accounts, and monetization options.

We actually host it for you. And we can auto-scale apps. Our largest apps are now getting millions of users … and we handle that all for you. So you don't have to worry about deployment.

For those looking to monetize their apps, Create offers built-in Stripe integration (along with lots of other integrations). By simply prompting Create, users can set up a pro plan, define subscription tiers, and manage payment processing—all without leaving the platform.

AI-powered customization and brand consistency

Create doesn’t just build apps—it adapts to your specific style and needs. Users can customize everything from UI design to AI-generated copy.

For example, Dhruv showed how he could tell Create to:

Match the visual style of another website (“Make this app look like Anthropic.com”)‍
Create or follow specific brand guidelines (“Come up with brand guidelines that match this style”)‍
Keep everything looking the same across different pages or components (“Make it look like AI task breakdown app”)

He explained:

When you’re building in one project on Create, Create has the context of everything else in the project. Once you've actually figured out, okay, this is how my core app is going to work, you'll see that Create is going to guess what a good homepage for this core app should look like. And it'll actually know a lot about how your app already works.

Ready to build your own AI-powered app?

Dhruv’s session showed just how fast and intuitive it is to build and launch a full-stack AI-powered app with Create. Want to take a look for yourself? Watch the full recording of Dhruv’s demo (available to Pro Ben’s Bites members).

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