A new era of app creation is here. It's fun, it's fast, and it's fleeting.

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AI-powered coding tools like Claude and ChatGPT are enabling non-developers to build personal 'micro apps' for specific, temporary needs. These apps, often web-based but increasingly mobile, address niche use cases like restaurant selection, habit tracking, and household management. Users create them for personal use or small groups, then discard them when no longer needed. While quality and security concerns exist, this trend represents a shift from buying subscription apps to building custom solutions, filling the gap between spreadsheets and full-fledged products. Industry observers compare this movement to the democratization seen with social media content creation and Shopify stores.

The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them

More people are enabled to create applications but i am not seeing my average friend creating micro apps for himself.
Heck many still don’t know what Chatgpt is.

They might be enabled but they’re certainly not able.
Tried a no-code vibe coding tool out with a simple task, and it failed whether I gave it loose or strict specifications. Even when it comes close to accomplishing a task, there’s always some unextensible architectural choice it makes that limits it.
Perhaps if we could instead write machine instructions in a deterministic way, we could get more accurate outcomes…sort of like a “programming language” if you will