Paper to App

In 2024, I used AI to generate a workout schedule that fit my personal goals and the equipment I had, and got a PDF I could print to follow my workouts.

In 2026, we’ll be able to build a personalized workout app in a few hours and install it on our phones.

The fact that AI could understand my needs and give me a personalized schedule on a paper was mind-blowing in 2024, but now AI being able to create an entire app in an afternoon sounds crazy.

Wonder what’s in store next year.

A personal fitness app created in a few hours with Cursor (opus4.5, glm-4.7, auto)

This photo is from 2018, when we hired two part-time developers and one designer to build a workout mobile app. It failed, and we spent a lot of money. The contrast between that experience and what’s possible today is striking.