You don't need a CS degree or a separate ChatGPT subscription to build tools anymore. Most people think they need both, but that’s just extra noise in the workflow.
Replit and its competitors changed that and I would say that Replit is furthest ahead on this path.
The way I see it, you don't even need an external LLM to write the code—Replit handles plenty of that on its own. The real trick is using your favorite AI (Claude, GPT, whatever) to brainstorm the idea and draft a basic instruction list. Once you have that spec, dump it into Replit and let it take over.
The best part? You don't even have to look at the code when things break. When an error pops up, you just talk to Replit like a person: "Hey, this button doesn't work," or "Add a way to export this as a CSV." It listens, finds the mistake, and fixes itself.
You aren't debugging; you're just describing. You don't need to learn Python—you just need to know how to explain what you want.
What’s an idea you’ve been sitting on because it felt "too technical"? Drop it below. It might be easier than you think.
