GoKawiilWhy I am leaving the AI party after one drink March 22, 2026
What is going on? Literally everyone is talking about AI these days. My friends are “prompting children’s songs” based on a melody their kid sang. Others are enjoying vibe coding but don’t have a technical background. Former work colleagues founded an AI startup. Developers I follow on social media are either completely against the usage of AI or can’t imagine a work day without anymore…
Every day, I try to sort my thoughts and feelings about it. In between reading different blog posts, opinions, predictions about the future of software development (and my job 😱), it’s hard to ignore this AI hype.
So I thought I also wanted to add my two cents to the discussion.
One day after releasing my thoughts about being too late to the AI party writing that I don’t want to be part of it, I installed Claude Code 🙈. The motivation: curiosity and the urge to finally start working on an app idea I have been carrying around with me for more than six years now… I have very little time at the moment as a full-time mum but even stronger the wish to do something just for me and work on my own project. Maybe with a little bit of help from AI to get things off the ground quicker…?
I used Claude (Code) for:
discussing the general app idea and whether it’s worth it at all (target group, monetization)
brainstorming on the core features (which ones might be more useful than others) and marketing copy for the website
asking for a recommended tech stack
generating color palettes based on the logo colors I already have
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