I made 20 apps in 30 days, why I vibecode as a designer

I made 20 apps in the 30 days and documented my journey.

At first, I made a series of invisible instruments, my invisible violin demo resonated with people getting over 40k views across IG and Tiktok. Then I made a series of motion tracking dance apps to improve my dance technique. I ended off the month winning a hackathon for a VR app that turns everyday objects in your room into musical instruments.

In an age of accessible AI tools, the only limit is your imagination and what matters is the quality of your ideas (and your willingness to learn the latest tools)!

What I learned from this whole process is that there's a big need for people who are not from a traditional coding background, for people who are at the intersection of things. A dancer who codes, a musician who codes, or a skater who codes. These niches allow us to bring in our expertise to create apps that can enhance our experience in a domain. For example, I've played the violin for more than 20 years and that's how I knew the exact gestures that needed to be programmed into the invisible violin, and the kind of interactions that a user would need to enjoy this product.

All backgrounds and niche interests can bring in some kind of value. I personally find the best apps to be the ones where you are building for yourself. For example recently, I wanted to learn hip hop dance routines in my bedroom, so I built this app where I can slow down and mirror the video for learning a routine. And then I built another one for analyzing my movements and giving me feedback on my technique.

These apps are most interesting to me because I know there's a real use case because it has genuinely brought me real value and I use them to improve my dance experience. And I know other dancers also face similar problems.

Diving into your obsessions is a good way to find problems in the world, because you tend to already know a lot about your interests and think more about the problems in that space.

I will be hosting a free XR vibecoding workshop in SF soon, if you want to join the next one, leave a comment below or shoot me a message! #vibecoding