Give in to your worst developer urges

What could you create if you had 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build? Seve Savoie Teruel, Ben Pack, Lyn Scott Jr., Ebrima Jobe, Bryn Newell, and Jacob Singer take on the Web Dev Challenge to find out.

The Challenge

As developers, we all know the urge to spend hours automating a task that would have taken us minutes is overpowering. In this challenge, we want you to give in to that urge and automate something in your life that you find mildly inconvenient.

Why do a thing when you could spend an inordinate amount of time building an app that does the thing for you? No task is too small. No inconvenience too minor. We want to see you create apps that automate your life in extremely specific, personal ways.

Do you have to send that one friend a reminder text to make sure they show up on time for your plans? Build an app for that! Sick of doing tech support for your family? Create an AI agent that reads the manual and responds on your behalf. You can keep it simple and practical, or go big and channel your inner Rube Goldberg — anything goes!

The Sponsor: Intuit

Intuit wants to empower the builders in our community. There’s no required tool this time around — you are the secret ingredient here.

Combine your skills in web development, problem solving, creative thinking, and leveraging new technologies like AI agents or MCP to build your personal problem-solving web app.