So where are all the AI apps?

superkuh

On my local computer used only by me because now I don't need a corporation to make them for me. In the past decades I'd make maybe one or two full blown applications for myself per 10 years. In the past year "I" (read: a corporate AI and I) have made dozens to scratch many itches I've had for a very long time. It's a great change for a human person. I'm not pretending I'm making something other people would buy nor do I want to. That's the point.

chistev

On Show HN.

52-6F-62

here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vGKC9LpGnOQ

ramesh31

No one needs another SaaS. Games are the real killer app for AI. Hear me out. I've wanted to make video games forever. It's fun, and scratches an itch that no other kind of programming does. But making a game is a mountain of work that is almost completely unassailable for an individual in their free time. The sheer volume of assets to be created stops anything from ever being more than a silly little demo. Now, with Gemini 3.1, I can build an asset pipeline that generates an entire game's worth of graphics in minutes, and actually be able to build a game. And the assets are good . With the right prompting and pipeline, Gemini can now easily generate extremely high quality 2d assets with consistent art direction and perfect prompt adherence. It's not about asking AI to make a game for you, it's about enabling an individual to finally be able to realize their vision without having to resort to generic premade asset libraries.

quikoa

While a good post the title is a bit ambiguous. The post is about applications created using AI not applications with AI functionality embedded.

turlockmike

I deleted vscode and replaced with a hyper personal dashboard that combines information from everywhere. I have a news feed, work tab for managing issues/PRs, markdown editor with folders, calendar, AI powered buttons all over the place (I click a button, it does something interesting with Claude code I can't do programmatically). Why don't I share it? Because it's highly personal, others would find it doesn't fit their own workflow.

notjes

All apps you are using are made with AI.

Sharlin

The reason why the release cadence of apps about AI has increased presumably reflects the simple facts that a) there are likely many more active, eager contributors all of a sudden, and b) there's suddenly a huge amount of new papers published every week about algorithms and techniques that said contributors then eagerly implement (usually of dubious benefit). More cynically, one might also hypothesize that c) code quality has dropped, so more frequent releases are required to fix broken programs.

skyberrys

Wouldn't the apps go into the Apple store and Android play? I guess looking at python packages is valid, but I don't think it's the first thing someone thinks to target with vibe coding. And many apps go to be websites, a website never tells me much about how it is made as a user of the site.

Robdel12

We’re in a personal software era. Or disposable software era however you want to look at it. I think most people are building for themselves and no longer needing to lean on community to get a lot of things done now. Self plug, but basically that’s the TL;DR https://robertdelu.ca/2026/02/02/personal-software-era/

dominotw

I am now scared to talk to anyone. Eventually the conversation turns to AI and they want to talk or show their vibecoded app. I am just tired boss. I am not going to look at your app.

CalRobert

So far, as sideloaded APKs on my tablet. Most recently one that makes it easier to learn Dutch and quiz myself based on captions from tv shows

codybontecou

Stuck behind Apple's app review process.

EruditeCoder108

well, many apps i made are really good but i would never bother to share it, takes unnecessary effort and i don't really know what works best for me will work like that for others

paxys

It is incredibly easy now to get an idea to the prototype stage, but making it production-ready still needs boring old software engineering skills. I know countless people who followed the "I'll vibe code my own business" trend, and a few of them did get pretty far, but ultimately not a single one actually launched. Anyone who has been doing this professionally will tell you that the "last step" is what takes the majority of time and effort.

dddgghhbbfblk

Hmmm, my anecdotal experience doesn't match up with this article. Personally I am seeing an explosion of AI-created apps. A number of different subreddits I use for disparate interests have been inundated with them lately. Show HN has experienced the same thing, no?

KingOfCoders

https://gethuman.sh

brontosaurusrex

Intel AI denoiser in Blender.

causal

AI makes the first 90% of writing an app super easy and the last 10% way harder because you have all the subtle issues of a big codebase but none of the familiarity. Most people give up there.

moralestapia

I agree with the premise of the article, in the sense that there has not been, and I don't think there will be, a 100x increase in "productivity". However, PyPi is not really the best way to measure this as the amount of people who take time to wrap their code into a proper package, register into PyPi, push a package, etc... is quite low. Very narrow sampling window. I do think AI will directly fuel the creation of a lot of personal apps that will not be published anywhere. AI lower the barrier of entry, as we all know, so now regular folks with a bit of technical knowledge can just build the app they want tailored to their needs. I think we´ll see a lot of that.