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In many ways I feel "I'm behind" when it comes to AI development. Building apps with AI and crafting apps feel like opposites approach to app development. Now, I've been starting learning more about AI and trying it out and **one use case I like very much: prototyping and building personal apps.**

8/3/26, 10:00 am0 reposts0 likes

Felipe Espinoza

@craftingswift.dev

8 Mar

Every week, I want to keep track of my efforts to lose weight. Then I tend to take screenshots of the health app, crop them an unite them to put in a notion document where I do my weekly retrospective.

Felipe Espinoza

@craftingswift.dev

8 Mar

I've been doing that manually. Of course as a developer I created a note of making an app that helps me do that, but as a random side project idea, it never gets built. Well, it was a perfect use case of AI for me.

Felipe Espinoza

@craftingswift.dev

8 Mar

I vibe coded a HealthKit app that uses SwiftCharts to present the data and it even exports a bigger version of the data on a report image. This took me 30 min, and I did a lot of refinements as I was testing the app.

Felipe Espinoza

@craftingswift.dev

8 Mar

I'm still finding the balance on how to use AI responsibly, how much should I care of the quality of code (is it necessary to obsess as much on it anymore?) and make it a tool that enhances my skills, rather than just a crutch.