Please share a link to someone you has found good content around building apps. It doesn't necessarily have to be coding, it could me marketing, launching, raising funds, UX, graphic design, project management and on and on and on...you get the idea. There are so many elements that go into building something. Please write a quick sentence on why you like the channel, and one thing you would change (IN A CONSTRUCTUVE MANNER!!!) I'll start... This is Greg Isenberg I like the face that he puts out a wide range of content with a lot of guests and different aspects of building an app I would change some of his guests' tendency to breeze over how complicated it is to make apps. Sure you can claim that AI Studio spun up a wireframe to an app in 30 minutes, but that's really just the beginning. There's so much more

We spent decades learning what actually works. We know how to validate markets, build products, acquire customers, scale teams, and navigate complexity. We've made other people rich doing it. and we're the first ones cut when times get tough. There has to be another way. Not another corporate job, not another startup lottery ticket, and not going solo and grinding ourselves into the ground. What if we used our skills to build FOR OURSELVES? No investors to impress. No executives to please. No layoffs when the market turns. This is the place to build it. I don't have all the answers yet. But I know we're smarter together than any of us are alone. If you're here, you're probably tired too. And you probably know how to build things that matter. Let's figure this out together. Drop a comment: What brought you here? What are you hoping to build?

I got off a call today with a young guy in our community, and honestly, it stopped me in my tracks. He was describing that feeling, you know the one, where you just discovered what AI can do. He was overflowing with ideas, talking about how he’s building apps he never thought possible. But then he paused and said something that really hit me: "I really want to do this the 'right' way... I just can't find anyone to show me how." Hearing that took me right back to 1998. I was sitting in a cubicle, staring at Excel. I had just discovered I could "Record a Macro" and automate my boring manual work. It felt like magic. I realized that if I was just smart enough to learn this skill, I wouldn't have to work harder, I could just build systems to do the work for me and run laps on my colleagues. Back then, it was lonely and difficult to learn these skills. The "Real Software Engineers" acted like gatekeepers. If you didn't have a Computer Science degree, they didn't want to let you into the club. My managers didn't get it either. They’d ask, "Why are you wasting time writing code? You're in Finance. Just do the spreadsheet." I had to fight for every scrap of knowledge. I had to learn in the shadows, making mistakes, breaking things, and figuring it out late at night because I believed there was a better way. Eventually, I broke through. I became one of the best developers in the field and ended up managing the very teams that used to gatekeep me. Today, I see you people doing the same thing. You have the vision. You have the hunger. You have the tools. But you're stuck in that same lonely spot I was. You're worried about breaking things. You're worried about security. You want to build legitimate, scalable businesses, but the "Real Engineers" just roll their eyes at "AI wrappers." That is exactly why I built this community. I don't want you to have to struggle in the dark for ten years like I did. I want to be the mentor I never had. We are going to take that creative spark you have and apply the discipline of professional engineering to it. We aren't just going to hack things together; we are going to build the "Right Way."

So evidently google has 2 different tools that are supposed to be used together to create apps. AI Studio is meant to be an "Architect" and while it looks like it is making good code for you, it's kind of faking a lot of stuff and reinventing the wheel each time. Firebase Studio is meant to be the "Builder" and it's designed to make actual useful applications. You have to interact with both of them to get what you want. Who else knew this?

I'm sure everyone has at least one idea they think could change the world, if they could just figure out how to bring it to reality. I call that a white whale because it feels like an obsession that we can never catch. What's your whale? I'll go first. I've always wanted to create an app that can manage my social calendar like a personal assistant. I'm really, really bad at scheduling time with friends and colleagues, so over time I let my connections stagnate. I wish I had something that could just be responsible for making sure that I'm taking at least 30 minutes a day to have a 1 on 1 with someone from my network. The tool would need to make sure I'm properly spreading out my time but also creating meaningful opportunity to stay connected. Comment below, tell me something you have always wished existed, some tool that could improve you life or your business or your relationships.