Join me as I chat with Chris Raroque, who demonstrates how to use AI tools to build sophisticated mobile apps as a solo developer. Chris walks through adding an AI chat feature to his budgeting app, showing his workflow with Cursor and Claude 3.7. He explains how to implement function calling to create an intelligent agent that can access transaction data and answer questions about spending patterns.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Introduction to Chris Raroque and his portfolio of apps
• 02:32 - Overview of Cursor workflow for native iOS development
• 09:54 - Demo of adding AI chat to a budgeting app
• 17:50 - Connecting AI Chat Feature with Open Router
• 25:55 - Improving prompts using Claude for better responses
• 34:19 - Implementing tool/function calling for efficient data access
• 45:13 - Adding token usage and cost tracking to the app
• 48:34 - Techniques for AI-generated app assets and illustrations

Key Points:

• Chris Raroque demonstrates how to use Cursor with Claude 3.7 to build native iOS apps with AI features
• Shows a workflow for adding an AI chat feature to an existing budgeting app using OpenRouter
• Explains tool/function calling implementation to create an AI agent that can access transaction data
• Shares techniques for generating high-quality app assets using ChatGPT 4.0

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