Hi Rick, here are a handful of things I’ve made with the help of AI.
I’m not a coder — I can’t write a line of code. I just see things in the world I think should exist, and I’ve eliminated the friction between the idea and the idea existing. Some are terrible, and I cull them quickly. Some have real staying power.
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01This is why I love AIAI collapses the space between idea and reality — and fuels creativity.visit ↗02The RoomInsightMost people meet a language model as a chat box and never see the structure underneath — that meaning lives in the relationships between ideas, not in any single answer.OutcomeA living, pannable canvas: type any concept and watch the model surface and connect adjacent ideas in real time. AI is much more powerful than just this, but it’s fun to see what connections the tool comes up with.Tech StackNext.js (App Router) · React · OpenRouter · Supabase · Vercel edgevisit ↗
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03FlickwickInsightComing up with a new story every night to tell your kids is taxing. What if AI could build the worlds for you?OutcomeA serialized bedtime story for ages 3–8 that remembers characters and plot across nights — the dragon still has its chipped tooth from chapter three. No streaks, no badges, no notifications. Just a calmer bedtime.Tech StackNext.js · Vercel · OpenRouter (Gemini Flash 2.5 for images) · Supabase (database + auth) · Cloudflare R2visit ↗04PodLearnInsightI always have a backlog of articles and newsletters I never read — and when I do, I have poor retention. On the other hand, I listen to podcasts all the time, and seem to be able to remember them better. So: turn the newsletters and articles into educational podcasts, let me save the bits that interest me, and connect concepts across everything I’ve listened to.OutcomeDrop in an article or newsletter and PodLearn turns it into an educational podcast you actually retain — save the moments that grab you, and it draws connections across everything you’ve listened to.Tech StackNext.js · React · LLM script generation · ElevenLabs voices · Supabase · Vercelvisit ↗05DIMInsightSF lighting is garish and fluorescent, and it’s killing the vibe at otherwise incredible spots. If owners would just turn the lights down, they’d give their guests a 10x better experience.OutcomeA site that rates restaurants by how they’re lit — and lets diners submit petitions asking a spot to turn the lights down.Tech StackNext.js · React · Supabase · Vercelvisit ↗Satire
06CHAD GPTInsightEvery time someone said “ChatGPT,” I heard “Chad GPT” — and couldn’t shake the image of a bro behind the curtain, frantically trying to answer all the world’s questions.OutcomeA satirical but fully functioning site where Chad answers your questions — even if it means a few too many recommendations about creatine and peptides.Tech StackNext.js · React · LLM behind a heavily-tuned system prompt · streaming chat · Vercelvisit ↗07APEX Heli HuntingInsightI can build an entire website just for the punchline of a text. My friend who doesn’t ski said he wanted to paintball-hunt us from a helicopter while we skied.OutcomeSo I built the whole business to support his dream — a fully-produced website, down to the wine list. It reads as completely real until it doesn’t.Tech StackNext.js · high-gloss marketing landing page · Vercelvisit ↗08Live BurnInsightI was in a meeting with a bunch of lawyers, getting nowhere, and started doing the math in my head on how much money we were burning. Realized it’d be trivial to build the calculator with AI.OutcomeA cheeky, dead-simple counter that tracks — by the second — exactly how much money a meeting is costing.Tech StackNext.js · React · local-storage persistence · Vercelvisit ↗Life
09JournalInsightNine years of journals and therapy notes are only useful if you can actually reach into them — memory doesn’t index itself, and the patterns you most need to see are the ones you’ve forgotten.OutcomeMy entire journal, embedded and searchable, augmented with therapy notes. It texts me each day to prompt reflection, keeps a running list of what’s on my mind, and before every session writes up what to bring to therapy.Tech StackBuilt with Open Claw · vector embeddings + semantic search · LLM summarization · voice-to-text via Wispr Flow · scheduled SMS over iMessage / Telegramprivate
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10MIDI PatchworkInsightI’m in a two-person band with a drummer, and we needed to fill out our sound — so I had to get a pile of synths, sequencers, and loopers to play nicely together. Zero MIDI or DAW experience, and zero interest in reading manuals.OutcomeA keyboard, a microKorg, two more synths, a groovebox, and a 6-track loop pedal — chained through MIDI splitters and multi-channel boxes, every tempo synced across devices. Weeks of manual-reading, done in a day.Tech StackmicroKorg · Keystep · Novation Circuit Tracks · Roland T-1 · Roland S-1 · 6-track Boss loop pedal · MIDI splitter · multi-channel box · 8-track mixerhardware