ProductMay 11, 2026

Preview on DriftLess, production on your repo and domain

33%

of developers trust AI code accuracy (Stack Overflow 2025 Developer Survey)

TL;DR

DriftLess hosts shareable previews while you build. When you are ready, hand off via GitHub (pull request or direct push) or download a zip—then deploy on Railway, Vercel, or any host with your own domain.

Social threads about AI app builders often mix three different fears: another monthly bill, a URL you do not control, and a vague worry that the platform secretly owns your product. Those are not the same problem—and the fixes are different too.

Split preview from production in your head

Preview is for progress: a checked build that reviewers can open while you iterate. Production is what you run for customers: your repository (or files) deployed to an app host with your DNS. When a vendor blurs those layers, ownership feels fuzzy. When they are separate, you can explain the story in one sentence.

How DriftLess handles the split

DriftLess issues durable preview links on DriftLess preview infrastructure so people can see a trusted build without you standing up hosting on day one. When you are ready to leave the workshop, Send to GitHub creates a branch pull request or commits to your default branch—your token, your org rules—or Download files gives you a zip from the run artifacts. After that, the deploy pipeline is the same as any other Vite or web app you would operate yourself.

Attribution is not the same as ownership

Many plans keep a small "Built with DriftLess" marker in generated frontend source so previews stay transparent about how the scaffold started. That is different from claiming your product or business logic—read the ownership FAQ and your plan details if you need a commercial exception.

Checklist before you promise anything on Reddit

If someone asks whether they can move off the builder, your honest checklist is: (1) previews live on the builder, (2) handoff is Git or zip, (3) production domain attaches at the host, (4) secrets live in the host—not in the zip, (5) plan limits on certain sync features belong on the pricing page. Show them the FAQ if they want receipts.

Why surveys still matter here

The hesitation is not irrational. Stack Overflow's 2025 survey found only 33% of developers trust AI code accuracy while 46% actively distrust it. Products that clarify preview vs production, export paths, and plan gates meet buyers where they actually are—not where marketing wishes they were.

Read the FAQ hub for ownership, GitHub, and export—or open DriftLess and run a build to see previews and handoff in one workspace.

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