I Built an AI App in 4 Days — Here’s How I Did It.
(as a data scientist with no web dev experience)
Technology makes the world move faster. We are seeing this (yet again) today with AI. Using tools like Cursor, developers can build 5–10X faster than before. I personally experienced this recently when building my first-ever web application. In this post, I’ll walk through this experience and the tools to deploy this app in just 4 days.
Although most data scientists use Python to process data and train models, creating consumer software is a different ballgame. This is a problem for me because, as a solo entrepreneur, I don’t have a team (or capital) to compensate for my inability.
With my savings on track to hit $0 this quarter, I was more motivated than ever to learn this skill set. To do this, I set the goal of launching 1 product every month this quarter.
The first such product is a tool to convert YouTube videos into blog posts (called y2b). I launched the initial prototype for this app in 4 days, and here, I will share exactly how I…
