Hyper-Personalized Micro Apps: The (Potential) Future of AI Generated Code Solutions
I’ve been diving deeper into generated code tools like V0 lately, and it’s got me thinking about how AI-generated websites can fit into my daily life. Sure, they’re great for prototyping—and who knows, maybe one day they’ll churn out production-ready, scalable apps. But what’s really exciting to me right now is something more personal: building micro apps tailored specifically to my needs. These are little MVPs—minimum viable products—that don’t need to scale or impress anyone else. They just need to work for me.
Take my standing desk, for example. I was recently shopping for a new one when it hit me: “I don’t even use the one I have.” Instead of downloading yet another ad-riddled app I’d forget about on my phone, I decided to build something myself. I wanted a simple web app to track how long I stand, remind me to get up during the workday, and maybe even nudge me when I’ve been slacking. Could I hack this together with a timer and a Google Sheet? Probably. But why settle for clunky when I could create something sleek, modern, and mine?
So, I turned to V0, my go-to AI code generator, and with a single prompt, I was 90% of the way there. Seriously—one prompt got me a functional app that logs my standing sessions, saves the data using local storage, and calculates my average stand time per day, week, and month. Here’s what I asked it to do:
“I want to create a site that looks modern and the intent of the website is to log when I am using my standing desk. So it should be able to trigger a timer start, that then ends when you hit end. Upon ending it logs that amount of time with the date and time. It will store the amount of time, using local storage, and have the ability to show average stand time per day, week, and month. The intent is to stand more often.”
Boom. Just like that, I had a working app with stats and metrics, all styled to look simple. From there, I added a couple more prompts to fine-tune it. I wanted email reminders sent to my work inbox if I hadn’t logged a standing session in a 3-hour window during work hours (Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM MT). I also set it up to send from standup@carmada.bio using Resend. Here’s how that went:
“I would like you to integrate Resend and send an email to my work email [email here] when a session has not been logged in a 3-hour window during work hours. Monday through Friday 8 AM - 5 PM MT. The email should come from standup@carmada.bio.”
A few tweaks later, and I had exactly what I wanted: a hyper-personalized micro app that fits my life. It’s not just about standing more (though I’m already seeing progress there). It’s about realizing I can spin up tools like this whenever I need them, no coding degree required.
This is where I see the future heading—an ecosystem of micro apps, each one laser-focused on solving a specific problem for a specific person. With tools like V0, I can keep building these little helpers and tie them all back to my digital identity at carmada.bio. Need a quick app to store my favorite recipes? Done. A reminder to do my physical therapy exercises? Easy. The possibilities are endless, and they’re all built around me—not some generic user base.
AI code generation isn’t just for startups or side hustles. It’s for anyone who wants to take control of their digital life, one tiny app at a time. My standing desk app is just the start. What micro app would you build for yourself?
