"There is this small thing called AI that you may have heard everyone talk about. In particular, products that allow people to describe what they want, and it creates it for them. That obviously sounds great. And it is. But it can also be bad. Trash in, trash out. There's a billion articles and opinions about this, so I won't add another. But I will talk for 3 minutes about how I used one of these products, Lovable,"
"This might just be a problem I'm solving for me, my wife, and my parents, but the big dilemma is: How do you know which bin gets collected, and when? Do you look for guidance from your neighbour, by peering out the window at 6am? Do you add repeating events on your phone calendar? Or do you enter your postcode on your local council website, print a PDF of the collection calendar and stick it to the back of your kitchen cupboard?"
Tobias Van Schneider encouraged creating 'stupid' side projects as a useful approach. Many ideas remain unbuilt due to time, resources, and lack of knowledge. AI products can generate outputs from user descriptions, enabling rapid prototyping, but output quality depends on input quality: 'Trash in, trash out.' A household problem involves knowing which bins are collected and when. A simple web app was built using Lovable during a free weekend, combined with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google integrations, to display bin and recycling collection dates. The app offers single-day and weekly list views plus a settings page to configure collections and prevent missed bin days.
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