Try vibe coding, I'm serious. Codex and Claude Code this past week have allowed me to:
- Build a local storage web app that can track my responses to the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test over time to journal my ongoing issues with chronic sinusitis.
- Build a web app that grabs Northern Colorado houses for sale, presents them on a map, and lets you search and browse them, with everything being cached for use offline in local storage. The existing site, coloproperty.com, has severe issues if you are out looking at houses and have spotty Internet connectivity, it's effectively useless.
I've been developing software for 40 years, but I'm not really a frontend guy. The first one Claude Code was able to basically one-shot, and then I asked for 3-4 refinements. The second one took me probably 40 back-and-forths to get going, but eventually was a fully working prototype using Codex.
It's the difference between using hand saws and chisels and planes, and using power tools. Hand tool woodworking is an amazing craft, but the right power tools can let you build nice things quickly.
- Build a local storage web app that can track my responses to the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test over time to journal my ongoing issues with chronic sinusitis.
- Build a web app that grabs Northern Colorado houses for sale, presents them on a map, and lets you search and browse them, with everything being cached for use offline in local storage. The existing site, coloproperty.com, has severe issues if you are out looking at houses and have spotty Internet connectivity, it's effectively useless.
I've been developing software for 40 years, but I'm not really a frontend guy. The first one Claude Code was able to basically one-shot, and then I asked for 3-4 refinements. The second one took me probably 40 back-and-forths to get going, but eventually was a fully working prototype using Codex.
It's the difference between using hand saws and chisels and planes, and using power tools. Hand tool woodworking is an amazing craft, but the right power tools can let you build nice things quickly.