Stuck in tutorial hell for years, his friend shipped an Android app in 30 minutes with ChatGPT
TheMoonMidas · x · 2026-10-07
The author helped a friend who spent years in "tutorial hell" (and even enrolled in a CS masters to learn to build apps) flesh out a running-app idea with ChatGPT over a Zoom call. Thirty minutes later, the app was installed on his Android phone. A vivid example of AI coding tools removing the entry barrier for non-developers.
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