Hey!

Here’s the promised continuation of my AI app development experiment. Of course, I’m excited to share the actual results with you!

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been testing different AI development approaches with my “Mind Fitness Now” app. After experimenting with Claude Task Master (which created 262 files and 44k lines of code 🫣) and Cursor Memory Bank (which had its own challenges), I finally found a sweet spot that delivers results without the complexity.

The Result: A Working Mental Fitness App

Remember how I promised to show you the actual app? Well, here it is!

The “Mind Fitness Now” app focuses on what truly matters: helping users build awareness of their thoughts through simple, consistent practices. Here’s what I’ve built:

Phase 1: Daily Reflections

User writes about their daily thoughts and experiences
The app helps them identify their core values through guided reflection
Simple, clean interface that encourages honest self-examination
Progress tracking to build the habit of daily reflection

Phase 2: Tiny Habits (Unlocked after 7-day streak)

Micro-habits directly connected to the user’s identified values
Sustainable actions that take less than 2 minutes
Building self-reflection functionality
Integration between thoughts and actions

The entire flow is intentionally simple. No overwhelming features, no complex gamification, just the essentials that actually help you develop awareness of thoughts and help guide actions that support your values.

What I Learned About AI Development Efficiency

After testing multiple approaches, here’s what actually works:

The Approach:

Not too detailed (like Task Master’s 262 files)
Not too loose (which leads to inconsistent results)
Just right: Clear requirements + iterative development

My Current Best Practice Workflow:

Start with a solid PRD (Project Requirements Document): but keep it focused on MVP
Use simple, direct prompts instead of complex task management systems
Iterate in small chunks: build, test, refine, repeat
Maintain context manually: update the next prompts or tell the AI agent what works and what doesn’t and have it consider this next time

This approach got me from idea to working app in under 3 hours, compared to the 6+ hours with over-engineered systems.

The Bigger Picture: From Idea to Market

But here’s where it gets really interesting. I’m not just thinking about development anymore. I’m exploring how AI can accelerate the entire journey from idea to market.

The Complete AI-Powered Pipeline I’m Testing:

🎯 Idea Validation

AI-assisted market research
Rapid prototype testing
User persona development

⚡ Fast Development

Streamlined AI coding workflows
Automated testing and debugging
Rapid iteration cycles

📈 Marketing Automation

AI-generated content strategies
Automated social media campaigns
Personalized user onboarding process

The goal? To compress the traditional 6-12 month app development cycle into weeks, not months.

Early Results:

App development: 3 hours (vs. traditional weeks)
Content creation: AI generates weeks of social media content in minutes, in the language and style you want

What’s Next in My Experiment?

In short: Iterations against a useful app to help me first. If something is not working, it’s up to me to improve it. 🙂

Why This Matters for You

Whether you’re building an app, working in a company, starting a business, or just curious about AI’s potential, these experiments reveal something important: AI isn’t just changing what we can build but it’s changing how fast we can go from idea to reality.

The traditional barriers (coding skills, marketing budgets, time constraints) are becoming less relevant.

What matters now is:

Clear thinking about what you want to create
Understanding how to work effectively with AI tools
Willingness to iterate and learn quickly

The “Mind Fitness Now” app might seem simple, but it represents something bigger: proof that individuals can now build, test, and launch ideas at a speed that was previously only possible for well-funded teams.

Coming Up Next

I’ll definitely share more about marketing automation in the future. Content creation. Automation in general.

Interested in seeing how far this rabbit hole goes?

Stay tuned!

Talk soon, Primož

P.S. If you’re curious about the “Mind Fitness Now” app itself, I’ll be sharing beta access soon. The goal is to help people develop the most important skill of all: awareness of their own thoughts. Because that’s where everything starts, right? 😉

P.S.S The biggest encouragement You can give me at the moment is to find one or two people in your address book that you can write to: I believe you would find this useful: https://ideasuniverse.com/ Thank you! ✌️