My dad minored in computer engineering. This blew his mind!

26 Jun, 2025

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My dad minored in computer engineering in college until he realized he didn't want to write code the rest of his life.

I just showed him how I build apps without writing ANY code and it blew his mind. 🤯

This is oversimplified, but here's what I showed him. Steal this and show your parents

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I asked my dad if he could build any app, what would it be and what would it do. He loves riding motorcycles, so this is what he wanted...

Step 1 - type it in to chat GPT or any other LLM

Step 2 - talk it out and then have GPT create a prompt for you based on what you discussed

BONUS - Here is the prompt if you want to build this yourself

I want to build a simple web-based MVP for a motorcycle riding app.

🌍 Core Functionality:

• Users enter their location (zip code or city)

• The app returns a list of the top 5 motorcycle roads within 100 miles

• Roads are rated based on scenic value, twistiness, and rider votes

• Each road includes a short description, ride length (miles), and a “View on Map” link (e.g., Google Maps or OpenStreetMap)

• No login required for V1

🧠 Key Features for V1:

1. Simple input form for user to enter location

2. Static list of curated roads (manually entered JSON data for now)

3. Radius filter (within 100 miles of entered location)

4. Sort roads by rating (descending)

5. Each road result should show:

   • Road name

   • Rating (1–5 stars)

   • Ride length

   • Description

   • “View on Map” button (link to Google Maps)

🎨 Design:

• Clean, mobile-friendly UI

• Tailwind CSS (if available) or simple responsive HTML/CSS

🔧 Tools:

• JavaScript or Python (your call)

• OpenCage Geocoding API (to turn zip code into lat/lng)

• Haversine formula (to filter roads by radius)

• JSON file for road data (hardcoded for now)

🧪 Bonus Stretch Features (optional):

• Add basic upvote/downvote buttons (not persistent)

• Add a “Submit a Road” form (no backend needed yet—just log inputs to console)

Let’s build this as a simple front-end MVP hosted on Replit. Prioritize usability and fast loading.

Step 3 - Drop this into Replit or Loveable or v0 or bolt or any other tool

Step 4 - Add the API key to get the location data

Step 5 - MVP is built. Test it out.

It's not perfect nor is it production ready, but it works.