Beautiful screens,
no app underneath.
v0 is excellent at what it does: interface. What it does not do is decide where your data lives, who may see what, how payments are handled and what happens when two people save something at once. That is exactly the part that makes a product a product.
In half a minute I show what almost always sits below the waterline in a project like this: everyone can reach all the data, payments that only work in the demo, and an environment that does not run outside the tool.
Recognise it? Send your link. The first opinion costs you nothing.
What is missing under the interface.
It is all still fake data
The lists and tables are full of hard-coded examples. There is no database, no schema and no idea how that data comes into being.
No users
A login screen has been drawn, but there is no authentication behind it. Roles, password recovery and sessions do not exist yet.
Separate components, no coherence
Every screen was generated on its own. They share no state, no navigation and sometimes not even a styling system.
Forms do nothing
They look good, but they do not validate, do not save anything and send no confirmation.
No server logic
Calculations, permissions and integrations belong on the server. In the browser they are visible and editable by anyone.
Invisible in Google
Purely client-rendered screens without titles or structured data are practically empty to a search engine.
Your design stays, the rest gets added.
Take over the design
The components v0 made are the starting point. I tidy them up, turn them into a consistent system and keep the look.
Decide the data model
Which data really exists, how it hangs together and who may see what. This is the step that is most expensive to redo afterwards.
Build the application underneath
Next.js with server-side logic, Supabase for database and logins, Stripe if there is paying involved. Forms that validate and save.
Live and findable
Server-side rendering, meta text and sitemap, plus monitoring so you notice when something breaks.
- ✓Your v0 design, now as a working application
- ✓A real database instead of sample data
- ✓Login with roles and permissions
- ✓Server-side logic nobody can bypass
- ✓Repository and hosting in your name
The first opinion costs you nothing: send me the repository or a link and I will tell you honestly whether building on beats starting over.
Is my v0 design preserved?
Roughly what does that cost?
Can I keep using v0 for new screens?
How do I know if my project is big enough?
Tell me what you
want to build.
A half-hour call. You get an honest answer about what it costs, how long it takes and whether building it is smart at all.
Have your current site or tool scanned
You do not have to want to buy anything yet. Send what you have and I will tell you honestly what I would keep, what I would replace and whether that is worth the investment. Including when the answer is that you are better off doing nothing.
The scan is a first impression, not a security audit.
- 01Send a link to your site, your tool or your repository
- 02I look at speed, structure, data and security
- 03Usually within two working days you hear what I would replace and what that costs