The Ullbek Journal

Ideas worth saying out loud.

Product updates, founder thinking, and honest writing about building for the people who've been underserved by the web — until now.

The Ullbek Journal
Why you can't just click and edit

Why you can't just click and edit — and why that's a good thing

The first question almost everyone asks: where's the click-to-edit cursor? The answer is that we deliberately left it out — and the AI does something a cursor simply can't.

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Why we made GLM 5.2 the default model — and the site that proves it

Why we made GLM 5.2 the default model — and the site that proves it

We give our default model a prompt a real user might write and show you exactly what it built. Here's the prompt, the live site it produced, and the open evaluation behind the choice.

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What actually makes a website beautiful?

What actually makes a website beautiful?

Colours, fonts, spacing, button sizes — the thousand small decisions that no one consciously notices but everyone feels. A plain-English guide for non-designers.

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Where is all the money going? The honest story of AI build credits

Where is all the money going?

You're used to website builders being free. Here's the completely honest breakdown of what a credit is, why cheap AI won't cut it, and why the cost curve flips in your favour.

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What you're actually paying for when you spend a credit

What you're actually paying for when you spend a credit

Drag-and-drop is free because nothing is being made. Here's what's really happening when Ullbek builds — and why it's worth it.

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The DNS problem nobody talks about

The DNS problem nobody talks about

Nameservers, propagation, A records — the terminology alone stops most people cold. Here's what it all actually means.

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What AI-native actually means

What "AI-native" actually means (and what it doesn't)

Every product is calling itself AI-native now. Most aren't. Here's the honest definition — and why it matters.

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Why we don't do templates

Why we don't do templates — and never will

Templates promise a head start and deliver a ceiling. Here's the decision we made before writing a single line of code.

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The non-coder is not a beginner

The non-coder is not a beginner

The people who need websites most are experts in their own field who happen to not know how to code. That changes everything.

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From zero to live

From zero to live: building your first website with Ullbek

A practical walkthrough from your first sentence to a custom domain — everything you'll actually encounter, explained simply.

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