It made a simple html5 game on the first try. I don't see where ChatGPT is claiming you can code with just a prompt only (or primarily) applies to html5. Plus, when I ask it to make a Mac app, it still tries instead of saying it can't do it. I am not using beta MacOS or xcode.
It’s much better on languages that show up more in its training data, and where it can run the code and quickly see any error messages etc. That favours popular single page app web languages, and makes proper native apps hard.
You wouldn't know that listening to the folks at OpenAI!
Well yeah but I mean, they believe AGI is right around the corner, right? I wouldn’t listen to them…
Really you need to work with it to write a short spec document first, so it has everything it needs to understand there to build it consistently. But really really, only use it for small handy utilities. Then move to Lovable for bigger apps. Then Claude Code 🤫
I’ve written a number of posts as someone with an English degree and marketing background on what I’ve learned building with these tools. They are truly truly insane. Https://productmarketorbit.com (I built that site with AI too - and blogged about it.)