{"id":110735,"date":"2026-05-20T08:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/?post_type=collection&#038;p=110735"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:13:53","slug":"how-i-built-an-app-just-by-talking-to-an-ai-llm","status":"publish","type":"collection","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/collections\/how-i-built-an-app-just-by-talking-to-an-ai-llm\/","title":{"rendered":"How I built an app just by talking to an AI LLM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Can you build an app, from the ground up, just by talking to an AI LLM? In this four-part series, Grant Fritchey finds out. Discover what Grant learned (the good, bad, and the ugly), what he&#8217;d do differently next time &#8211; and if it&#8217;s worth trying yourself.  Features tips, tricks, code to follow along with, and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"articles-list-block_d6a760aff5da10ac71a48962eb0fa7ba\" class=\"articles-list my-5xl\">\n    <div class=\"grid gap-3xl\">\n        <div class=\"@container\">\n    <article class=\"flex gap-2xl items-center flex-col @md:flex-row-reverse\">\n        <div class=\"w-full @md:w-1\/3 flex items-center justify-center peer\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/ai\/i-built-an-application-by-talking-to-ai-heres-what-happened-and-what-i-learned-part-one\/\" aria-label=\"How I built an app just by talking to an AI LLM &#8211; the good, the bad, and what I&#8217;d do differently next time (part one)\" class=\"no-underline relative aspect-3\/2 bg-gray-100 border border-gray-100 dark:border-gray-800 flex items-center justify-center flex-col gap-md w-full p-md\">\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"object-cover absolute inset-0 w-full h-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/shutterstock_2441852035-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t<\/a>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"w-full @md:w-2\/3 overflow-auto group\/content-text\">\n            \n<div class=\"block mb-md align-middle\">\n            \n        <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/author\/grant-fritchey\/\"\n        class=\"group\/author inline align-middle no-style min-w-fit\"\n        rel=\"author\"\n    >\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/grant-fritchey-2020.jpg\"\n            alt=\"Image of author: Grant Fritchey\" \n            class=\"rounded-full align-middle w-6 h-6 duration-200 inline-block object-cover\"\/>\n        <span class=\"group-hover\/author:text-brand-600 peer\/ftr-image:text-brand-600 group-hover\/author:dark:text-brand-400 peer\/ftr-image:dark:text-brand-400 group-hover\/author:underline min-w-fit align-middle duration-200\">Grant Fritchey<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n        <span class=\"card__categories align-middle\">\n                                                        <span class=\"text-gray-600 align-middle dark:text-gray-400\">in<\/span>\n                    <a\n                    class=\"inline align-middle no-underline hover:text-brand-600 hover:dark:text-brand-400 hover:underline\"\n                    href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/ai\/\">\n                            AI                    <\/a>\n                                        <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<a class=\"no-underline group\/content-text-lower\" href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/ai\/i-built-an-application-by-talking-to-ai-heres-what-happened-and-what-i-learned-part-one\/ \">\n    <div>\n        <h1 class=\"\n            duration-200 mt-0 mb-1 text-xl\n            \n            peer-hover:group-[]\/content-text:text-brand-600\n            group-hover\/content-text-lower:text-brand-600\n\n            peer-hover:group-[]\/content-text:dark:text-brand-400\n            group-hover\/content-text-lower:dark:text-brand-400\n            \n            peer-hover:group-[]\/content-text:underline\n            group-hover\/content-text-lower:underline\n            \n        \">\n            How I built an app just by talking to an AI LLM &#8211; the good, the bad, and what I&#8217;d do differently next time (part one)        <\/h1>\n                    <p class=\"mb-0\">\n                Building a real app end-to-end with an LLM: lessons from week one of dbRosetta. 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