Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast

AI Assisted Coding: From Designer to Solo Developer - Building Production Apps with AI In this special episode, Elina Patjas shares her remarkable journey from designer to solo developer, building LexieLearn—an AI-powered study tool with 1,500+ users and paying customers—entirely through AI-assisted coding. She reveals the practical workflow, anti-patterns to avoid, and why the future of software might not need permanent apps at all. The Two-Week Transformation: From Idea to App Store "I did that, and I launched it to App Store, and I was like, okay, so… If I can do THIS! So, what else can I do? And this all happened within 2 weeks."   Elina's transformation happened fast. As a designer frustrated with traditional software development where maybe 10% of your original vision gets executed, she discovered Cursor and everything changed. Within two weeks, she went from her first AI-assisted experiment to launching a complete app in the App Store. The moment that shifted everything was realizing that