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Aug 29 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
AI is getting scarily good at app development.

I asked 3 models to code a timer app from scratch:

🇺🇸 ChatGPT
🇨🇳 Qwen
🇨🇳 Kimi

Here's the result (prompt + demos 👇) Image
Prompt I used:

"Create a simple timer app using only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It should have Start, Pause, and Reset buttons and display the elapsed time in mm:ss format."
1. ChatGPT

✅ Fully functional
✅ Clean, modern design
✅ Smooth UX

It nailed both functionality and presentation.

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2. Qwen

✅ Got the core logic right
✅ Buttons worked as expected

But…

❌ Very basic design
❌ Looked like a “hello world” UI

Functionally fine, visually underwhelming.
3. Kimi

✅ Timer worked with start/pause/reset
✅ Slightly better styling than Qwen

But…
❌ Still generic
❌ No design polish

Solid attempt, but lacked flair.
Results:

🥇 ChatGPT - Professional-grade UI + flawless logic.
🥈 Kimi - Correct + slightly better design than Qwen.
🥉 Qwen - Accurate, but too barebones.

All 3 did the job. Only 1 felt production-ready.
AI coding isn’t just about “does it run?” anymore.

The bar has moved → Does it look good enough to ship?

And that’s where ChatGPT pulled ahead.
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America is quietly entering its 4th major reinvention.

The last 3 times this happened, it triggered 25 years of explosive growth.

We’re at that point again... right now.

Here’s what most people don’t see yet 🧵: Image
1/ Every 80 years, America hits a breaking point.

And from that breakdown, it reinvents everything - tech, economy, politics.

It happened in:
• 1787 (Post-Enlightenment)
• 1865 (Post-Civil War)
• 1945 (Post-WWII)

Each one sparked a 25-year boom. Image
2/ We’re now in the 2025 version.

And 3 tipping points are hitting at once:
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They’re not “emerging.”
They’ve arrived - and they’re scaling. Image
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This is wild.

Google just dropped 5 new AI agents that automate data pipelines, migrations, notebooks, dashboards, and even GitHub reviews.

If you’re a developer, this isn’t just another product release it’s the start of autonomous dev tooling.

Here’s the breakdown 👇
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Data engineers spend too much time on plumbing writing ETL scripts, fixing schema issues, checking data quality.

This agent cuts all of that down to prompts.

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No boilerplate. Just insights.Image
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Summarizes the results into reports (or even audio).

That’s what this does.

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They reverse engineer what’s already working.

And with LLMs, you can do it in minutes.

This is one of the most slept-on uses of AI.

Here’s exactly how I do it → Image
Step 1: Find high-converting copy.

Landing pages you admire

Ads you keep seeing (they’re running for a reason)

Emails you actually read

If it’s everywhere, it’s converting. That’s your goldmine.
(i found this for my project)
Step 2: Feed that copy into an LLM.

But don’t just ask it to “summarize.”

That’s too shallow.

You want it to break the copy down by psychology, persuasion, and structure.

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Courts won’t take it seriously.

But LegesGPT? It drafted complaints, motions & notices in minutes better than most lawyers.

Here's how it works:
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This explained remedies, protections, and deadlines for employees fired after reporting safety violations.
2. Contract Dispute - Delayed Construction

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RIP backlinks.
RIP meta tags.
RIP 10 years of SEO playbooks.

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is here.

And it only takes one file: llm.txt

Full setup + strategy: 👇
SEO was for Google.

AIO (AI Optimization) is for Large Language Models.

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I asked Grok 4 to do 3 things:

→ Build a tool
→ Research my competitors
→ Write cold emails

It crushed all of them.

Here are 10 workflows that’ll save you 40 hours/week:
1. Automated research reports (better than $100 k consultants)

Grok’s real-time web search and analytical reasoning let you replicate what McKinsey, Gartner, or Deloitte charge six figures for.

Prompt to use with Grok 4:

"You are a world-class strategy consultant trained by McKinsey, BCG, and Bain.
Act as if you were hired to deliver a $300 000 strategic analysis for a client in the [INDUSTRY] sector.

Mission
1. Analyze the current state of the [INDUSTRY] market.
2. Identify key trends, emerging threats, and disruptive innovations.
3. Map the top 3-5 competitors and benchmark their business models, strengths, weaknesses, pricing, distribution, and brand positioning.
4. Apply SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces, and value-chain analysis to assess risks and opportunities.
5. Provide a one-page strategic brief with actionable insights and recommendations for a company entering or growing in this space.

Return everything in concise bullet points or tables, ready to paste into slides. Think like a McKinsey partner preparing for a C-suite meeting.
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2. Build interactive tools and apps without code

Describe your idea and Grok scaffolds the UI, logic, and deployment steps no coding required.

Prompt:

"You are a senior software architect who excels at building no-code and low-code systems with HTML, JavaScript, and Web APIs.

Task
Design a fully working interactive tool based on this idea:
[DESCRIBE YOUR TOOL IDEA]

Deliverables
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2. A step-by-step plan to implement it with Grok or a no-code platform.
3. Exact HTML/CSS/JS code if relevant.
4. UX and design improvement tips.
5. Instructions to generate a shareable, embed-ready version.

Imagine you are shipping an MVP for a startup demo.
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