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From each seed, a world.
From each world, a thousand seeds.
From each seed, a world.
From each world, a thousand seeds.
Yavimaya Enchantress, Magic: The Gathering
Yavimaya Enchantress, Magic: The Gathering
GenAI has been on everyone's lips for the last two years, and it's only getting louder with each passing day.
I use ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot on a daily basis for both small and large inquiries, text editing, and idea generation. I'm a big fan of MidJourney from day one—the progress it has made in the last two years is amazing. Just take a look at some examples on the right.
At work, I use dedicated tools that keep product- and organization-related knowledge at my fingertips. The software I work on offers these functionalities and more to our customers.
But today, I want to write about something else—the incredible leap we've made in building software, apps, and websites and how AI-powered tools can help you achieve tangible results in a matter of hours, if not minutes.
MidJourney Aug'22 vs Feb'25
It all started a few weeks ago when we noticed recurring issues with the hot water supply in our apartment building. Other neighbors experienced the same problem, so we reported it to the building administration.
Fast-forward to last week: the issue occurred again. We asked our handyman if he could identify the cause, but he admitted he was helpless—these problems only happened in the late evening, and he had no real-time information. His suggestion? Ask our neighbors about the water temperature in their apartments whenever we noticed an issue.
Half-jokingly, we started brainstorming ridiculous solutions—plastering the staircase with motivational posters about the importance of hot baths, or setting up a small desk at the entrance to collect handwritten feedback from residents on the day’s water temperature.
And then I had an idea: why not create a simple website to track this data?
I've asked ChatGPT what technologies and services I can use for such a quick project. I wanted to have a database, out-of-the-box authentication and registration, responsive UI and hosting. After a bit of back and forth I settled on VS Code as IDE, Supabase as my BaaS, Vercel as hosting and deployment platform, and React + Next.js for frontend.
Supabase provided a boilerplate code and with Copilot’s help, I got my website up and running in one evening. The scary part? Relying on Copilot is so effortless that, at one point, I realized I had delegated all code writing to it. Want to change the font color? Just select the style tag and type: "Change color to orange". Super easy, super scary.
The next day, I shared my story at work. My colleagues quickly one-upped me and told me to check out v0.dev—an AI-powered UI generator built by Vercel.
I gave it a try and quickly realised that prompting Copilot to tweak font colours was nothing compared to what v0.dev could do!After 20 minutes of prompting, I had built a basic version of one of my childhood favourites—Supaplex (for Atari fans, think Boulder Dash!).
Over the next few hours, I refined the game, sometimes diving into the code, sometimes just prompting v0.dev, all within a single browser tab. Then, with one click, I deployed it via Vercel.
If you're already tired of reading—take a break and play a few levels
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Break finished? Ok, let's continue.
Both Apartment Heat! and V0 Supaplex were eye-opening experiences for me.
It’s incredible how fast you can set up an initial project, how Copilots provide contextual hints and explanations, and how you can build something far beyond "Hello, world!" without prior knowledge of a given library or framework.
It’s been a long time since I had this much fun diving into a new technology. GenAI has flattened the learning curve, and with typical hurdles out of the way, I already have a few more projects to explore. And a bunch of new frameworks and services to try out. Exciting times ahead!
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