Shows how a developer with no prior extension experience built a browser extension for user impersonation and testing using AI assistance.
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So it goes without saying that a key part of what we do is testing the work that’s big done by developers and validating issues that might be coming from the customer. And that involves logging in and logging out a lot. And there are some tools that you can use to make that a bit easier like one password or last pass. To know what I wanted to do though is show you an extension that one of our developers Julian has put together. And it’s a really good example of how a technical person can really leverage the power of AI and development. Julian had never built an extension for a browser before, but now has built this amazing extension that allows me to save a range of usernames that I need to log in as or usernames that I want to impersonate or URLs that I want to get. I can add, remove and update different usernames here. And then at any point in time, I can just say, great, I now need to log in and impersonate and it’s going to go on login as this person and then impersonate this person. It’s just so powerful and it’s going to save us so much time. But the real story here is that a technical resource has been able to leverage the knowledge they’ve already got to moving to a brand new field of development using AI as a tool.
Dispels the misconception that AI can build production-ready apps with a single prompt, emphasizing the real complexity of software development.
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Hey everyone, today I’m going to show you how I can build an entire app in just one prompt. That’s right, no coding required, no complicated setup, just a single prompt and we are done. I’m going to use this amazing AI app builder that I found. So here it is here. Build me a complete Instagram clone for my conference with user authentication, photo upload stories, comments, likes and a discovery feed and all we have to do is click on the go button. I never really thought about all of those things. Okay, let’s be real. As someone who’s actually built platforms like these, I created this demo to highlight something important while AI tools are incredibly helpful for specific tasks. There is a dangerous misconception being spread that building production ready apps can be reduced to simply describing what you want. Building isn’t just logging with username and password. Instagram processes are a billion logins daily with sophisticated security protocols. Content moderation isn’t just remove bad posts. Meta has over 15,000 employees who are there to manage harmful content. The reality is that while AI can help with specific coding tasks, real development requires incredible complexity and business considerations. Data bases need to be resilient, backed up and be able to store and serve massive quantities of data. Security systems need to prevent data breaches. You need monitoring tools, logging systems, real-time notification systems. I made this video because I see too many content creators selling a fantasy that AI has made complex app development trivial. It hasn’t. What it has done is create powerful tools that can help with specific aspects of development. Don’t get me wrong, AI tools are amazing and I use them daily. But they’re tools, not magic. So next time you see someone claiming to build a complete Instagram clone with one prompt, remember this video. Buy all means use AI in your workflow. Just don’t fall for the myth that it’s reduced development to a single prompt.
Shows how to use AI to build simple utility apps like temperature converters and discount calculators in under a minute.
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You’ve had one of those moments where you said, I wish there was an app for that. Well, in a lot of cases, you can use AI to build mini applications to solve problems in near real time. Here’s a really quick example. Using pure JavaScript, build a mini app that allows me to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius. About 30 seconds later, I can go and put in 94 degrees Fahrenheit, and I can see that that’s 34 degrees Celsius. Let’s make this a little bit better. I’ve added the prompt, I want to be able to convert both ways and use a slider. Another 30 seconds later, and you can see I’ve now got a slider that allows me to move up and down, and I can see the Fahrenheit and Celsius in real time. And because Claude syncs with mobile, here’s another example that has a range of different discount calculator options that I built. Next time you need to do some calculation of some sort, try using AI to do it.
