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I Built a Custom App for My Event Last Night. Here's My Framework So You Can Do the Same.
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I had an breakthrough moment yesterday, and I need to share it with you guys.

The Problem I Was Trying to Solve

At our speed dating events, we'd been using an app built by someone in the community. It did the job, but it had one fundamental flaw:

Guests were assigned numbers, and at the end of the night they had to remember each others numbers in order to get matched.

People would scribble numbers on napkins, get nervous, get excited, and forget.

If you forgot the number, you forgot the person, you get no matches, and the experience broke.

It felt impersonal, and I'd never been able to to fix it... until now.

The Magic Moment

Last night, we launched our new fully functional web app and used it live at an event.

Guests came in, entered their name and email, then took a photo of themselves.

At the end of the night, instead of trying to remember the numbers of their potential matches, they simply selected the faces and names of the people they wanted to match with.

Problem solved ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

The Age of the Idea Person

Six months ago, this would have cost me thousands and required hiring a developer.

But now, it took me an afternoon, a couple of subscriptions, and a few cups of coffee.

I built it myself. The gap between having an idea and bringing it to life has essentially closed, and that changes everything 🐦‍🔥

That means that if you're someone who always has ideas but has always struggled to bring them to life, this is your moment....

My 3-Step Vibe Coding Framework

Here's the exact process I use when I want to build something.

Step 1: Brain Dump with Wispr Flow​

Download Wispr Flow. It's an app that transcribes your voice directly into any text box on your screen. I go for a walk and just dump everything out the idea, the problem it solves, how I imagine it working, what it should and shouldn't do.

I don't worry about order or structure. I just get it all out.

Then open Claude (or your AI of choice) and paste the transcription.

Step 2: Let the AI Ask You the Right Questions

Once you've dropped your brain dump into Claude, use this prompt:

This step is crucial. The AI will surface the things you haven't thought about yet, and your answers will shape everything that comes next.

Step 3: Define Your MVP

Once you've answered the clarifying questions, use this prompt:

This gives you a clean, scoped brief, and a ready-to-use prompt you can drop straight into Lovable (or whichever no-code/vibe coding tool you're using) to start building.

Lets Build it Together

I'm running a live online workshop next Thursday evening (14th May). If you've had an idea sitting in your head that you've never been able to action, this is the session. Let's build it.

What we'll do:

You bring your idea

We refine it into an MVP together

We build it, live

Price: €99

Duration: 3 hours

Thursday 14th May @ 20.00. 10 Builders. Live hands-on workshop.

That's the titbit for today.

Tom

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