Want to make an app? Start with using AI chatbots

They can speak human and code, so you can make your app

Yesterday (link here) we talked about how before AI, to create an app, you had to learn to speak computer.

But in the last few years, we have taught computers to speak human.

So now to create an app, you can just talk to the computer in your own language in text. And with enough prompts and patience you can create an app and share it with the world.

Today, let’s go over the various tools, and which one I suggest you start to use.

3 Types of AI app building tools

To start, there are 3 main types of AI app building (AI dev) tools:

1. Chatbots (ChatGPT and Claude)
2. Developer Assistants (Github Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf)
3. Cloud AI Building Systems (v0, Replit, Bolt, Lovable)

Chatbots help you create code one conversation at a time. Developer Assistants are usually a computer program or cloud environment that look at your code and use it to inform the new code they give you. And Cloud AI building systems let you enter text into a chatbot, generate code for you, help you run that code, and can help you put that code onto the internet to share with others.

Let’s cover each type of tool in turn, starting with: