Documentation (generous term)
We were told every SaaS product needs documentation. So here it is. We wrote it in one sitting and did not proofread it.
A comprehensive guide to making your first terrible app.
1. Step 1: Go to the build page.
2. Step 2: Type something.
3. Step 3: There is no step 3. The AI does the rest. Badly.
4. Congratulations, you've completed the getting started guide. That's it. The whole thing. We're not sure why this needed to be a guide.
Tips and tricks for maximum damage.
1. Ask for features that conflict with each other. 'Make it minimal but also add 40 buttons.'
2. Request incompatible design styles. 'Corporate Memphis meets Geocities meets brutalism.'
3. Demand impossible functionality. 'Add a button that predicts the future. Make it accurate.'
4. Insist on using deprecated technologies. 'Build it with Flash. I don't care that it's 2026.'
How to unleash your creation upon the world.
1. You can't deploy from Hatable. We removed that feature after the first app went live and crashed three different CDNs.
2. However, you can copy the generated HTML and paste it literally anywhere. A GitHub Pages repo. A Google Doc. An email to your boss. We don't judge.
3. If your app somehow gains actual users, please contact us immediately so we can study what went wrong.
A tour of humanity's worst creations.
1. The gallery shows apps created by the Hatable community.
2. Apps are sorted by recency, not quality, because sorting by quality would require defining quality, and we refuse.
3. The heart icon (💔) is a broken heart, not a regular heart. This is intentional. Nobody 'likes' these apps. They endure them.
4. If you see an app that looks good, report it immediately.
How to write prompts that produce maximum regret.
1. Be vague. The vaguer you are, the more creative the AI gets, and its creativity is your enemy.
2. Combine unrelated concepts. 'A dating app for houseplants' or 'Uber but for moving furniture downstairs.'
3. Ask for things that don't make sense. 'A real-time dashboard of things that aren't real.'
4. End your prompt with 'make it bad' — this doesn't change anything because it's already bad, but it sets expectations correctly.
We accept pull requests on our open-source repo.
Just kidding, we don't have one. Also we wouldn't merge it. Also there's no repo. Also please stop asking.