Rauch: v0 operates 'code last' rather than 'code first'
Guillermo Rauch · Everyone’s an engineer now: Inside v0’s mission to create 100 million builders | Guillermo Rauch · Apr 13, 2025 · at 56:38
Guillermo Rauch (Vercel CEO) explains the product design philosophy behind Vercel's v0 generative tool during a live demo with Lenny Rachitsky.
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“In, in the difference between vZero and a lot of other tools is that, yes, you do have the code and code is very important, but I call it code last rather than code first. You're living in the product.”
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