Replit Agent builds a tattoo booking prototype

Ilias Hatzis used Replit Agent to prototype a booking service for tattoo artists. His opening brief requested a calendar, Google authentication, Stripe deposits and Postmark notifications. The agent scaffolded a backend and React frontend and connected the proposed integrations.

The build remained interactive. Hatzis describes challenging time-zone handling, reporting broken behavior and pushing for interface improvements over the weekend. The resulting prototype allowed clients to see availability and book appointments, while artists could manage availability, clients and bookings. The account says the system checked time conflicts and sent confirmation emails.

The payment claim needs qualification. Although Stripe was connected and configured, the article explicitly places accepting payments and managing deposits on the roadmap. It would therefore be inaccurate to describe a completed paid-booking transaction or assume deposit collection was working end to end.

Hatzis also says the product had not launched. Its reported outcome is a working prototype with booking logic and several integrations, rather than a proven service used by tattoo businesses. He notes that the agent sometimes rewrote working code or claimed fixes while breaking something else. Human testing, clarification and product decisions were part of achieving the result.

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Source: iliashatzis.substack.com · Ilias Hatzis