In my previous attempt with TempoLabs I was able to successfully build the ABN lookup scenario that I’d been testing with other app builders. I was prompted to take another look and I was even more impressed this time around.
In order to do a comparison with my experience from my last attempt I started from scratch again. This reset the number of prompt that I could use – last time I mentioned the number of tokens used but it would appear that they’ve changed this to list the number of prompts I’ve used.
As you can see from this image I’ve only used 4 out of my 10 prompts. Within this, I was able to ask it to build a cross platform application capable of returning the ABN information for a business. The workflow went pretty much the same as last time:
- Created a basic app that had an input page, a search results page and an error page. All working but not connected to anything real
- Connected app to real ABN lookup service, it only returned the first result
- Updated app to show multiple results
At this point, I couldn’t click on the search results to get further information, so I asked it to create a details page that included web results.
- Created a details page that had some placeholder/fake information about the business
- Updated the details page to include real web search results (using Serper).
What was particularly interesting is that it was no longer necessary for me to connect my application so Superbase in order to store the API keys (ABN lookup and Serper). Of course, this meant I (and anyone else using the tool) needed to enter them on first run but it was nice to not automatically take on the Superbase dependency just to mock something out.
Given how far I was able to get in just over 10minutes, it’s staggering how far these AI tools have come. Comments like “90% marketing and 10% reality” from industry greats like Linus Torvalds indicate how some in the industy are going to be caught flat footed if they’re not already experimenting with AI tools.