Guides & Resources

Backend & Database

• How to store data in an AI-built app with Supabase · 7 min read

  Every app built in NorthernGo gets a Supabase PostgreSQL database automatically. Here is the exact API for saving, reading and deleting records, plus how to add per-user login.

Next-Gen AI & WebGPU

• How local AI works in the browser with WebGPU and React · 8 min read

  NorthernGo runs language models on your own graphics card through WebGPU. What actually runs locally, which five models you can choose, and where it fails.

Cloud & Hosting

• How to publish an AI-built app and get a live URL · 7 min read

  There is no deploy step in NorthernGo: saving a project is what puts it online. How apps are stored, which URL each plan gets, and what goes wrong.

Domains & Security

• How to connect your own domain to an AI-built app · 8 min read

  Connecting a domain needs Pro, a matching subdomain name and one CNAME record. What the platform configures for you, and why the first label matters.

PWA & Mobile Optimization

• How to turn an AI-built app into an installable PWA with your own icon · 8 min read

  Publish an app built in NorthernGo to its own .northerngo.com subdomain, upload a square icon, and install it on the home screen on both iOS and Android.

SaaS Monetization

• How to accept payments in an AI-built app with your own Stripe keys · 9 min read

  Connect your own Stripe key to an app built in NorthernGo, open a Checkout session that takes card and Klarna, and see exactly who is responsible for what.

Native App Development

• How to export an AI-built app as a native iOS and Android project with Capacitor · 9 min read

  Download your NorthernGo app as a Capacitor-ready ZIP, add the iOS and Android platforms, and open it in Xcode or Android Studio — plus what is missing.

AI Features & Travel

• How to build an AI travel assistant that recommends real places · 8 min read

  A travel concierge app is a place database plus one AI call that picks from it. Here is the code, the plan requirement, and how to stop it inventing places.

E-commerce & Monetization

• How to build a single-product store on top of Shopify with AI · 8 min read

  Build a storefront that fetches products from your own Shopify and hands the cart to Shopify checkout. The exact API, the Pro requirement and the real limits.

Offline & PWA

• How to build a web app that still works without internet · 9 min read

  Most web apps show a blank screen in airplane mode. Here is how a service worker keeps your app loading and usable offline — and which parts genuinely cannot work without a connection.

Local AI & Privacy

• Local AI vs cloud AI app builders: cost, privacy and speed · 9 min read

  Cloud AI builders bill per generation and send your prompts to a third party. Local AI runs on your own GPU. Here is an honest comparison of what each approach costs you and what it gives up.

• How to connect your own Ollama models to an AI app builder · 8 min read

  Run app generation on models you already host with Ollama. Includes the exact CORS commands for macOS, Linux and Windows that most guides leave out.

• A vibe coding platform that still owns the unread code · 9 min read

  Vibe coding is describing software and accepting the result. A platform around that loop still leaves you liable for unread code. Here is the honest version.

GDPR & Compliance

• Building GDPR-compliant apps: a practical checklist for EU founders · 9 min read

  A practical checklist for EU founders building apps that handle personal data: consent, data location, deletion rights and what AI generation adds to the picture. Not legal advice.

Code Ownership

• How to avoid vendor lock-in when building with an AI app builder · 9 min read

  Four questions to ask before committing to any AI app builder — what you can export, what format it is in, where it can run, and what happens to your app if the platform disappears.

Use cases

• Build a CRM with AI: contacts, notes and a pipeline you own · 10 min read

  Build a CRM with AI in NorthernGo: contacts, notes and pipeline stages you own. What the model gets wrong, GDPR delete-account, export and honest limits.

• Build internal tools with AI: inventory, requests and a dashboard · 10 min read

  The fastest vibe-coding win: inventory, request forms and a simple dashboard in NorthernGo. Why auth is not optional on internal data, plus honest limits.

• Build an online store with AI: a small catalogue, not a Shopify clone · 10 min read

  Build an online store with AI in NorthernGo: Pro Shopify storefront, or a tiny catalogue you store yourself. Stripe checkout. Honest limits, not a full shop.

• Build a booking app with AI: slots, customers and what actually breaks · 10 min read

  Build a booking app with AI in NorthernGo: customers, services and slots. Double-booking, timezones, e-mail confirmations and limits of a first generation.

• Build with Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT without remote-controlling the account · 8 min read

  Hand off work from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT via a prompt link or HTML import. Use your own Anthropic or OpenAI key in the editor. Not remote control.

Comparisons

• Best AI app builder in 2026: four criteria that actually decide · 9 min read

  The best AI app builder in 2026 depends on four tests: where generation runs, code you can leave with, where data lives, and whether building is metered.

• AI app builder in Sweden: EU data, GDPR and a company you can actually call · 9 min read

  Most AI app builders are US clouds with a Swedish marketing page. Here is what actually changes when the operator, the database and support sit in Sweden.

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