Building a Site with AI (Prompt to Live)

From initial inspiration and rapid prototyping to hitting token paywalls and deploying live on a custom domain. This is the complete, raw build process showing what actually works (and breaks) when building a modern site with AI tools. In this video: Gathering UI/UX inspiration and layout planning Rapid prototyping in v0.dev (until a crash wiped the session) Pivoting to Hostinger’s built-in AI website builder Customizing layouts, assets, and typography Hitting the builder token paywall and moving to local code Refactoring with Claude using Hostinger’s MCP server Fixing deployment errors and pushing live manually The logo design rabbit hole: paper sketch to Illustrator, Canva, and landing on a clean typographic mark Timestamps: 0:00 - UI Inspiration & Concept 0:45 - Rapid Prototyping in v0.dev 2:10 - Hostinger AI Builder Setup 3:40 - Refining Layouts & Typography 6:15 - Hitting the Token Limit & Domain Setup 7:35 - Claude + Hostinger MCP & Local Refactor 9:30 - Logo Design & The Over-Complication Trap 12:10 - Simplifying to the Final Wordmark 14:20 - Final Polish & Live Production Deploy #WebDevelopment #AIWebDesign #ClaudeAI #Hostinger #v0dev #WebDesign #Coding