Jobless dev with ADHD built a calming virtual koi pond entirely with AI, no JS skills
hxii · hn · 2026-09-25
Paul, a developer who lost his job in August and struggles with ADHD, had long shelved the idea of a virtual zen garden because he doesn't know JavaScript. He decided to stop chasing "perfect" and had AI write all the code while he handled ideation, tweaking, drawing and testing.
The result is Koi.rest — a tiny quiet corner of the internet where strangers can watch koi fish together to de-stress. It's a telling case of a non-coder shipping a "good enough" side project end-to-end with AI assistance.
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