When I started building The Lift League app, having a custom block builder was never part of the plan. The changes I had to make to the database schema to incorporate the new feature were substantial enough to force me to rethink the entire structure.

Let's face it: life took over the past few weeks. But Stella got her groove back so let's do this shit.

I have a solid workflow going right now between GPT o3, 4.1, and Codex, so I thought I'd share it. Otherwise, I'm getting really close to launching the app. I still have work to do on the web tools, but I should have those done soon.

I found the limits of Codex, although I may have created those limits myself with lazy prompts. Fortunately, GPT appears to be able to handle tasks that Codex cannot, so between the two, I'm still hacking away at this thing. The web tool is impressive though. I could not have done that without Codex.

Codex has been a total game-changer. I've been able to implement more major features in the last two weeks than I possibly could have in the entire four months I've been building this. I've also begun building out web app tools based on sections of The Lift League to serve as sales funnels and contact capture systems.

After weeks of struggling with iOS and Codemagic, I was finally able to move on. Fortunately, it was just in time for Codex to drop for the people. Average citizens now have the power of high-end coding assistants. What will this world become?

We're back, baby! After struggling with the nerfed ChatGPT 4.0 for the past month or so, I took a crack at 4.1. The results speak for themselves. I was able to wire up lock screen notifications for messages and training circle updates almost perfectly on the first try. The only issue ended up being with my system. Tune in for the nerdcore!

I have won some difficult battles throughout this project, but none have been as hard-fought as the one I am in now against Codemagic and iOS.  

Just when I was getting comfortable with all the new moving parts within the app build, I had to go and get into Firebase App Distribution. Honestly, it probably wouldn't have gone nearly as bad as it did if ChatGPT were still the brilliant little buddy it was when I first started this project. But my AI friend has led me into the middle of the desert and left me to die a slow agonizing death.

As I approach beta testing, I take a moment to address some of the negative feedback to AI that I've been seeing online. Much of it revolves around the expectation that humans will intellectually devolve as they become more reliant on AI. But I guess that depends on how dumb somebody is to begin with. In my case, there is an argument to be made that the only direction left is up.