I noticed a lot of complaints about v0 pricing and also that people sometimes expect it to do the wrong tasks. So I decided to test several cases myself and share what I learned with the community:
Be clear and detailed in your prompt – if you want a full-stack, ready-to-use app, describe exactly what you have in mind (features, stack, structure).
Fix small errors locally – if v0 generates something with minor mistakes, it’s faster to fix them yourself instead of re-prompting.
Explain your existing setup – if you already have something (e.g., authentication), let v0 know. Example: “I already have a login system in app/login and backend in app/api/login.”
Keep prompts focused – don’t overload one request with 5–6 different things. Stick to 1–2 tasks max per prompt.
Iterate, don’t expect perfection – think of v0 as a coding assistant. Start small, then refine step by step.
Use it for boilerplate & repetitive work – it shines at generating dashboards, tables, CRUD, or UI components quickly.
Review and learn from the output – even if you don’t use everything, check the code structure and patterns; you’ll often pick up useful tricks.
Hope this helps someone get more value out of v0 without frustration.
Yeah I think a lot of times we forget the AI cannot read our brain and understand exactly what we want.
Of course it would be nice to have quick back and forth to quickly conclude what you want to the AI, but unfortunately AI isn’t advanced to code that fast yet.
A big leap for v0 would be minimising (whichever way) the time it takes to code.
A workaround this is implementing something else to occupy ourselves with while it’s coding.
This can be in physical reality (like doing pushups) or virtual reality (playing a game on your phone while you wait).
One of the best ROI’s for people like us who are inspired to build something on here is configure our environment so that we can work on our project without disruption or agitation and not get bored.
Boredom can still arise which is why what you do in between the AI coding matters.
For me personally, a private minimalist but luxury room with a nice view and 2 phones (First for v0 and the other to do something else while it codes) would be awesome…haha.
At first look I thought it is related to my recent post about v0 making chess app . Btw I joined waitlist for mobile app. Will there be also android app in the future?
This is so well written. I have noticed too that v0 is good at visualisations and I use it a lot to create a skeleton of apps I want to build and then go deeper into them. I’ve also noticed v0 is most effective when prompts are scoped tightly especially around stack details and file structure. For example, if you don’t specify where certain logic should live (e.g., API routes vs. UI components), it might not be that affective.
For me, the sweet spot has been boilerplate-heavy areas like CRUD, data tables with pagination, or dashboard layouts and it saves hours of setup but surely the best part about using AI is your ideation coming to life which really gets me excited to build the project.
Nah Emmanuel I don’t have 2 phones. I was just saying in a perfect world I would have a nice luxury room and have 2 phones - one for v0 and the other for using while v0 is loading .
Basically 1 phone for dopamine improvement and the other to deplete. Balance in all things right!?
Dude, 100% slow and steady is the way. Specificity.
Screenshots work super well. I’ll even circle what I’m talking about with red.
Also, giving the AI 1 instruction per prompt works much better than multiple in my experience. Plus, sometimes if you give it 3 instructions (for example), it may solve 1/3 and then now the following prompts you make kind of look out of whack looking back.
I’m pumped to try the mobile app version. I signed up to the waitlist when it came out but I didn’t get an email so it was probably a random pick out of the many people who sent in their email.
. Btw I joined waitlist for mobile app. Will there be also android app in the future?
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