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How to be good at anything with AI (fast) (app development)
Here is my framework to leverage AI and become unstoppable in whatever you do. The general idea is to cast a wide net first, then radically execute.
1. Find the key players in the domain
Everything looks easy from the outside, but every large organization has solved a billion tiny (and large) problems to be where they are. Find them. Use AI to tell you what the major challenges are to approach this space, example lead by .
2. Divide et impera
Break the whole domain into broad categories. Then divide each until it becomes a manageable piece to work on (it might take a few attempts to get a good feeling for this, there's no mathematical way to it).
3. Seeing is believing
Try to find as many videos as possible about the smaller set of problems in the category you will tackle first. Watch them, all of them, hours, doesn't matter. People will show and tell you lessons you wouldn't have learned in 10 years on your own. Watch for details, small side notes, they are the most important pieces of information!!
4. Seed prompt
Ask ChatGPT to make a plan on how to build the first feature. Explain everything you observed from the videos ("i saw them do XYZ, why? is that important? are there alternatives?"). This is the longest conversation you should have, keep it in one chat. Once you reach context saturation (gpt knows enough about what to do), tell it to create a codex/fable/whatever prompt with milestones to achieve.
5. Break the rules
After your first successful /goal, you should have a minimal version of the app. Now start exploring system boundaries. Break assumptions, do things wildly different. Eventually you'll find one or two things that are worth digging deeper. Dig. Break it again, learn.
6. Revolutions
You'll eventually understand that your (and GPTs) core assumptions were completely wrong. Great, now you can remodel the app, share your learnings with the AI, ask why certain things were impossible to do, give examples of the key players that DID it successfully. Why wasn't it possible for you? What needs to change? First principles!
Congratulations, you have created your first symbiotic co-creation loop with AI. Start at 1 or 2 again, and keep doing this.
This framework has served me well for over a year now and allows me to build things in 2 weeks with no prior experience what would've taken months, maybe years before AI.
If you apply this consistently, you will see that you become an unstoppable force, so grab some sunglasses and start vibing!
