After many hours spent, I'm calling it: AI couldn't help me build a podcast app. Here's what happened: https://beard.fm/blog/ai-failed-my-podcast-app
AI Couldn’t Build My iPhone Podcast App

After building an iPhone app completely with ChatGPT-5, I attempted a more complicated project. Can I build a full podcast player without any coding knowledge?

Stephen Robles

@stephenrobles you’re not alone. I’m an experienced developer (in fact I helped create Pocket Casts) and I think what you found is universal. None of the AIs match the hype. None of them are capable of building a complete app. They are all hype and no substance.

On a more positive note: AI is very good at helping you learn things. I use it almost every day to ask questions. I never get it to code my apps. What if instead of your current approach you use it to slowly learn to code?

@rustyshelf great to meet you, thanks for your work on Pocket Casts! Used it from the beginning and loved it.

I’m tempted to start learning, but just trying to gauge time investment vs. what I’ll be able to do with it!

@stephenrobles yeah that’s fair. Seems like you already have lots of stuff on the go!