Building CodeEmpty.com with AI — From Prompt to Production
Building CodeEmpty.com with AI — From Prompt to Production
CodeEmpty.com is an open-source AI-built CMS and project publishing platform created through real-world vibe coding workflows.

This project documents the complete process of building and deploying CodeEmpty.com using AI — from initial prompting, implementation, debugging, testing, iterations, deployment, troubleshooting, and publishing to production.

The goal is not to create hype around AI tools, but to transparently show the practical realities of building software with AI:
- prompting
- debugging
- fixing AI mistakes
- deployment
- iterations
- production issues
- real workflows

The platform itself is also part of the vision.

CodeEmpty.com records projects step-by-step with screenshots, prompts, iterations, deployment processes, and implementation details. Projects can later be exported or published to OpenVibeHub.com — an open community for sharing vibe coding projects, collaboration, reviews, discussions, and iterative software development.

This project currently includes:
- AI-assisted CMS
- project & step management
- rich content elements
- static page generation & caching
- Cloudflare Pages deployment
- D1 database integration
- Workers KV caching
- R2 media storage
- GitHub CI/CD workflow
- AI-ready API architecture

The entire project was built through iterative development cycles:
Prompt → Build → Test → Fix → Deploy → Repeat

This project is open-source and intended to encourage practical, collaborative, transparent AI-assisted software development.
Improving CodeEmpty.com — Turning Videos into Projects with AI
Improving CodeEmpty.com — Turning Videos into Projects with AI

This project continues the development of CodeEmpty.com after the initial production release.

After publishing the first version and using it to document real projects, new workflow problems quickly appeared:

  • managing large numbers of screenshots

  • organizing hundreds of comments

  • manually creating project steps

  • synchronizing videos with documentation

This iteration focuses on solving those real-world scaling problems.

The main feature introduced in this project is a new video-based workflow system:

  • upload long-form development videos

  • pause at any timestamp

  • capture screenshots directly from video

  • create project steps from video moments

  • organize steps automatically using timestamps

  • synchronize project documentation with real development workflows

This project also explores:

  • workflow automation

  • video caching

  • playback optimization

  • UX iteration

  • timestamp-based project structures

  • AI-assisted documentation workflows

As with the first project, the entire process is documented openly:
Prompt → Build → Test → Fix → Improve → Repeat

The goal is not to create polished demos or AI hype, but to transparently show how real software evolves after deployment through iterative development and public feedback.

This project is part of the larger OpenVibe vision:
open workflows, open iterations, open collaboration, and practical AI-assisted software development.

CodeEmpty.com itself remains fully open source and deployable using Cloudflare free plans.