This one started in a very simple way.
Over the weekend, my son came to me and asked, “What is a website? And why do people even need one?”
I could have explained it with words. Instead, I decided to show him.
No roadmap. No checklist. Just a free day and a thought that felt right. If we are already building things together, maybe it is time to give our project a real place on the internet.
That is how nykytap.com started.
This is a short story about building a lovable vibe coding website together in one day, guided more by curiosity than by planning.
A Place That Is Actually Ours
Most of what kids do online lives inside platforms. Games, videos, feeds, profiles. Everything belongs to someone else.
We already had ideas, Roblox projects, experiments, and things we liked building together. Calling it NYKYTAP slowly turned into small project for us. Exploring games, creativity, and how things are made.
At some point it felt obvious. This project needed its own place.
A website feels different. It does not rush. It keeps history. It grows quietly. It is not trying to impress anyone.
So we decided to build one.
One Day and No Pressure
We gave ourselves one day.
That constraint helped a lot. One day means you stop overthinking. You make decisions, try things, and move on.
This was vibe coding in its pure form. We did not argue about tools or structure. We focused on how the site should feel. Friendly. Simple. Something he could be proud to show.
By the end of the day, the site was live.
And honestly, it looked great.
Why Lovable Made It Easy
I chose to build the site using Lovable, and it was exactly what this project needed.
Lovable is fast. You spend your time building instead of setting things up. That matters a lot when you only have one day and want to keep the energy high.
More importantly, it made the process shared. We could look at the site together, change things, refresh the page, and instantly see the result. It never turned into a technical lesson or a long explanation.
This is why 2025 feels like a turning point for vibe coding. The tools finally let you stay in the flow instead of pulling you into configuration and complexity.
The Tradeoff We Were Fine With
Of course, there was a tradeoff.
The site was not built with Next.js or a classic server-rendered setup. That means SEO is not perfect out of the box. It works, but it is not optimized like a handcrafted solution.
And that was fine.
This project was about speed, curiosity, and building together. SEO can be improved later if it ever becomes important.
Vibe coding is not about ignoring limitations. It is about choosing the right ones.
A Small Moment I Will Remember
At seven years old, my son already understands what a website is.
When we opened the site together for the first time, he looked at it for a moment and then said, “We should put our T-shirts here, like the Foltyn family does.”
The Foltyn family sells their own merch, and he had already connected a website with ownership and creativity.
That moment stayed with me.
Not because of the merch idea itself, but because he saw the site not as a page, but as a place. Something alive. Something we could grow over time.
Why the Domain Matters
One thing I did care about was the domain.
nykytap.com already has age, and that matters more than people think. Domain age builds trust slowly and quietly.
Since this is a long-term project, starting with an aged domain made sense. We are not optimizing for today. We are thinking in years.
A Long-Term Project Together
This is not just a kids website.
It is a real site with room to evolve. Content will change. Interests will change. The design will change more than once.
What matters is that we are building it together, without pressure and without deadlines.
That lesson is more valuable than any framework choice.
Why This One Feels Different
I build a lot of things.
Bots, experiments, side projects, quick ideas.
This one feels different.
Not because it was hard.
Not because it was technically impressive.
But because it was shared.
This project reminded me that a lovable vibe coding website does not need to be perfect to matter.
In 2025, vibe coding is not a shortcut. It is a real way to build meaningful things, especially when the goal is not a launch, but something that grows slowly over time.
And this one is just getting started.
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