One engineer shipped web, desktop, iOS and Android apps in 6 months with AI
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-10-08
After talking to a startup's founders, the author reports a single engineer used AI to build their web, desktop, iOS, and Android apps in 6 months — polished, well-designed, and reliable, not throwaway prototypes. His take: AI is turning 10x engineers into 100x engineers, something impossible a year ago.
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