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Pen or Prompt

Before you vibe-code it, check the toolbox.

Pen or PromptDoes this annoyance need an app, or just a pen?

List the small things that keep costing you time. Each gets the lightest fix that covers it - and only the one worth it gets a tiny app.

Try a sample:

1 Your small annoyances free

1 row per annoyance. Say how often it comes round, the minutes it costs each time and what a fix would need to do.

    2 The shadow board free

    3 Ask for a reading

    One run explains why each fix fits, gives a first move for each annoyance and, if the page picked one to build, writes its build card with a first prompt. The page re-checks the reply.

    Pricing as soon as the session is ready...

    The reading - none yet

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    Item by item

      4 Saved lists

      How the sort is decided

      Minutes a year = times it comes round a year (every day 365, every week 52, every month 12, a few times a year 4) x the minutes each time. Then a fixed rule, in order, first match wins: under 60 minutes a year - let it be (unless it touches health, safety, money or a deadline - then a built-in reminder, so it is not forgotten); a fix needs a nudge at the right time - a built-in feature (alarm, reminder, timer, calendar); it needs a fixed list or steps - pen and paper; it needs a running record or numbers and costs under 600 minutes a year - a simple sheet; anything else (several needs at once, or a record or numbers worth 600 minutes or more) - vibe-code it. Build first is the tiny app that saves the most minutes a year; the earlier row wins a tie.

      The minutes are your own estimates, so the sort is a starting point, not a measurement. A tiny home app should keep its data on your device and never hold passwords, bank or card details, or other people's personal details. Not professional advice.