He controls his Mac from his iPad with an app the AI built

He had the AI make an app that controls his Mac fully from his iPad. It took two sentences and two follow up prompts, under two hours of work, and the app even built its own recorder to check its streaming sessions.

How it works

Gives the AI two sentences and two follow up prompts
The AI builds an app in under two hours
The app controls his Mac from his iPad and records its own streaming sessions to check them

Why it’s worth knowing

Two sentences and two follow ups got him a working app, and the app built its own recorder to check how its streaming sessions ran.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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