TruthAmp: Episode 9 - AI Just Called to Say I Love You (No More Apps)
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Craig demonstrates how AI is changing the development of smartphone apps by building a meditation app in just 15 minutes.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/Je3ynVTQrXs Craig builds a meditation app in 15 minutes to demonstrate how AI is fundamentally changing our relationship with smartphones—and potentially making traditional apps obsolete. The Meditation App Experiment The Problem: Craig was frustrated with his meditation app constantly asking him to log in, share data, and navigate unnecessary features. He just wanted something simple: a timer that chimes at the start, middle, and end. The Solution: Using Claude AI, he built a custom meditation app in approximately 15 minutes (plus deployment to his phone). The entire process: Created a simple meditation timer with specific requirements Made it "woody zen" in appearance through natural language prompting Deployed as a Progressive Web App (PWA) to his Google Pixel 9 Shared all code publicly on GitHub—written entirely by AI, including instructions The Result: A functional, personalized meditation app that does exactly what he needs, nothing more. The Death of Apps Thesis Craig argues we're witnessing the beginning of the end for traditional smartphone apps. His reasoning: Common Problems Get Solved: Throughout tech history, universal problems eventually…
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