S2. Ep37 - Can You Really Build an App in a Day? We're Calling BS

The ads are everywhere. Come up with an app idea, build it, and launch it, all in a single day. Katie's seen them across every platform and now they've made it into her inbox too, and she's calling BS. So she put it to Noel, who's been building apps for himself and for clients for years. His answer starts as a yes and no, and becomes a flat no the moment Katie clarifies these are customer-facing apps being pitched to solo service business owners. The rest of the episode is what those ads leave out. The requirements work that has to happen before you write a line of code, why security gets treated as an afterthought and shouldn't be, what happens when 200 people use your app at once, and the tool stack Noel actually uses (Claude Code, Supabase, Vercel and Railway) with real monthly costs attached. He's honest about the upside too: the cost moat around app building has genuinely collapsed, and a minimum viable product in a week is now realistic. Just not in a day, and not for your customers. Plus a very busy week of model releases that rather undermines last week's AI slowdown episode, and a new model called Jev that isn't for chatting at all, which Noel has already used to cut his token usage by over 90%. Send us Fan Mail How to find us: We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. Interested in learning WebMCP check out webmcp.academy Check out Clyde, our multi-agent AI platform that connects to 1000+ apps and lets you build powerful automations without the complexity. Join the free Clyde Skool community to learn how to get the most out of it, share workflows, and connect with other builders putting AI to work in their businesses. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at [email protected].