Interestingly, while you were publishing this post, I was using Bolt for the first time. My initial reactions are:
- It is very quick at building a usable app from limited instructions. Unlike you, I didn't do a lot of research first. I just typed in my idea to see what it came up with.
- Like my first attempts at reading the Hive blockchain, it made basic mistakes with the API commands. Unlike me, it trapped the errors as soon as I ran the app. Then, after offering, it quickly fixed the code. Explaining the changes as it went.
- That early interaction seems to me to be a great starting point for learning about the Hive blockchain API. Because anyone starting now, could compare the faulty code with the working code. Then study the Hive docs in detail around the relevant points. Which is much faster than my starting point of trying to understand the docs, trying to create a working framework, and spending endless hours feeling like I was getting nowhere.
Finally, I ran out of the daily limit of AI tokens on Bolt. Proving that I would have done more if I'd researched my starting prompt. But I'm happy to continue with it tomorrow. After which, I should publish a post about my Bolt test.
Towards the end of your interesting post, you say:
I have to find a way to monetize my apps
My approach in that situation has always been to start looking at how other people monetize similar things. Then do it better. Unfortunately, I know almost nothing about monetizing VNC apps. Except that I made money from VNC by giving customers remote computer support. Which was cost-effective because they didn't need to pay my travelling expenses.
!BBH
RE: How I Created VNC App using Bolt and Cursor