By Thibault Spirlet
Publication Date: 2026-03-28 09:11:00
Do you feel that using AI makes you faster but worse at your job? You’re not alone.
For Josh Anderson, a software consultant with 25 years of programming experience, the first few weeks felt like magic.
Out of From June to August, Anderson livestreamed himself on YouTube as he used AI to build a software product without writing a single line of code.
The app, called Road Trip Ninja, was designed to help families find reliable stops on long drives – places with clean toilets, good food and space for kids to run around. Users could log and rate locations along key routes, making road trips more predictable through trial and error.
Because he let the AI create his app, the features appeared within minutes. Progress came quickly.
But as the livestream lasted several weeks and the code base grew to around 100,000 lines, the pace slowed.
The…