r/SideProject • u/Frequent_Acadia1595 • 1h ago
I built InitProjectBuilder because I wanted a better starting point for AI-built projects
I've been playing around with AI coding tools for a while, and there's something I've noticed.
Tools like Replit, Emergent, Hostinger Horizons, etc. are getting really good at taking an idea and turning it into an actual app. That's honestly pretty cool.
But I kept wondering — what if I don't want the tool to build the whole thing?
Sometimes I just want to go from:
"I have this idea" → "Okay, here's a clean starting repo, now I'll take it from here."
So I started building InitProjectBuilder.
It takes an idea and creates an initial repository that you can download and continue working on yourself. But the part I'm most interested in is making the output easy for AI coding agents to pick up and continue.
Basically, I don't want the repo to be a dead-end generated project. I want to be able to take it into another coding agent and say "here, continue building this" without the agent spending half its time figuring out what the project is supposed to be.
So the idea is less:
Idea → AI builds everything
and more:
Idea → InitProjectBuilder → agent-friendly repo → build it wherever you want
It's still pretty early, but I'm curious what you guys think.
Would you actually find a tool like this useful, or do you prefer the all-in-one approach where the same platform builds the entire app?
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u/NoBoss9274 1h ago
seems like a solid middle ground. i mess with ai coding tools but half the time i just want a decent scaffold to start from, not a whole app i have to untangle later. the agent-friendly part is what makes this interesting, if it actually spits out something that cursor or copilot can understand right away that's a real time saver