# The Replit Insider: How to Build & Deploy a $1M App in the New Era of AI (Step-By-Step Guide)

An episode of [The Calum Johnson Show](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1609102004), 21 Jul 2025, 1 h 44 min.

Audio: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NYGNA8460199306.mp3

Start your business today with Shopify: https://shopify.com/calumjohnson Get $350 off the EightSleep Pod 5 Ultra— https://www.eightsleep.com/calumjohnson Check out Notion, the best AI tool for work, right now at https://notion.com/calumjohnson Get More From This Video: Download Our Free Supporting Doc that shares the full steps we go through in this episode: https://bit.ly/CJxMattPalmer We used Replit AI Agent in this Masterclass: https://bit.ly/ReplitAI Follow Us! https://www.instagram.com/calumjohnson1/ https://x.com/calum_johnson9 Guest: https://x.com/mattppal Timestamps 00:00 INTRO 02:01 The golden era for builders! 07:16 The wake-up call: are you on the WRONG path? 09:40 The fear of being average — escape NPC life 12:26 Vibe-coding & the rise of Replit 14:40 An $100M company in 5.5 months 17:59 Step 0: IDEA MINING (simple notebook exercise) 20:45 Find your $100M idea 25:22 The 4-Step Framework: PLAN → PROMPT → PERFECT → PUBLISH 33:18 LIVE BUILD starts: planning the Zen-Timer app 38:57 PROMPT MAGIC — AI Agent writes the entire code 45:03 Debugging 101 (You will Believe you can build ANYTHING!) 53:50 Perfecting: log-in & data in minutes 1:02:45 PUBLISH your AI app in one click — deploy to the web 1:06:40 Design tweaks with screenshots & Figma import 1:14:50 How To Market Your New Business! ($1M Apps do this!) 1:23:20 How to get your FIRST users (Matt’s playbook) 1:31:40 Consistency • Simplicity • EXECUTION About Matt Palmer Matt Palmer is the Replit Insider and Vibe coding expert. In this masterclass we show step by step how anyone can turn an idea into a profitable app in 30 minutes—even if you’ve never written a line of code.

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