30 minutes. About $20 in tokens. One new feature live in my store. Here's how it went.
By Christopher Hamze · Archived October 2, 2026
30 minutes. About $20 in tokens. One new feature live in my store.
Here's how it went.
People come in every day to sell us their cards. On busy days the buy counter turns into a crowd with no order. I wanted a waiting line. Tap your name on a tablet, get your spot, we call you when it's your turn.
So I told ChatGPT the idea.
It planned the whole development course.
Then it built it.
Then I asked it to find me an 11" tablet and a stand on Amazon that would deliver today.
Done. Ordered.
Idea to working software to hardware on the truck. 30 minutes. Roughly $20.
For 12 years I ran a team of developers. This would have been a meeting, a ticket, a sprint, and an invoice.
Today it was a conversation.
The gap between "I have an idea" and "it exists" is almost gone.
This is why it's an AMAZING time to be alive and in business.