"I asked AI to write a TODO app. It wrote a TODO app that generates more TODO apps. Now I'm stuck in an infinite loop of productivity."
What's up builders 👋
OpenAI just dropped a bomb at DevDay - you can now build apps that live inside ChatGPT conversations. Not plugins, not extensions - actual interactive apps.
Meanwhile, the vibe coding debate is getting spicy with wired calling it "the new open source in the worst way possible" while a16z data shows startups are throwing serious cash at these tools. Let's dive into what's shipping, what's breaking, and what you can actually build with all this new stuff.
🔥 Today's Top Story
At DevDay 2025, OpenAI announced that developers can now build apps that run directly inside ChatGPT conversations. Not browser extensions, not plugins - actual interactive applications that users can chat with.
Instead of context-switching between ChatGPT and your tools, everything happens in one conversation thread. OpenAI's announcement shows apps handling everything from data visualization to API calls, all while maintaining conversational context. The technical implementation uses a new framework that lets your app receive messages, process them, and respond with rich UI components.
Plus they also released,
AgentKit – OpenAI's Answer to n8n Drag-and-drop agent builder for deploying AI workflows. The question: Will this actually stick, or go the way of CustomGPTs?
Sora-2 & GPT-5-Pro Both now available via API at reasonable pricing. Early reports suggest Sora-2 API has no watermark (can anyone confirm content restrictions?).
Codex Suite – Now Generally Available Full AI coding toolset with Slack integration and team admin features. Worth exploring if you're shipping code with AI assistance.
The bottom line: OpenAI just consolidated a lot of the AI tooling stack. Some startups just got their runway cut short. Others found their distribution channel.
🚀 Ships & Launches
• v0 for Students - Free access to v0's vibe coding platform for verified students, sign up your school at their portal
• Sora 2 Unlimited on Krea - One-week unlimited access to Sora 2 Pro for video generation with built-in sound
• Crazzy AI for Flutter - Open-source vibe coding tool specifically for Flutter development, launched on Product Hunt
• Google EmbeddingGemma - 308M parameter model for offline AI, enables on-device semantic search and RAG without internet
📺 Learn & Build
• Effective Agentic Context Engineering - Master context optimization for powerful agent performance with practical examples
• Claude + Blender Integration - Learn how to connect Claude to Blender for generating complex 3D scenes through conversation
• Building AI Guardrails - Implement practical safety measures at ground level for production AI apps
• ChatGPT Apps Deep Dive - Technical breakdown of the new ChatGPT Apps API and integration patterns
• Using ChatGPT for Job Search - Real prompts and strategies for landing data science roles with AI assistance
• Google Veo 3 + Nano Banana - Generate videos with sound directly in Gemini app, competing directly with Sora
💬 Builder Conversations
• OpenAI "Killing Startups" Debate - Hot take claiming OpenAI destroyed a quadrillion startups, but Olivia Moore's counterpoint argues new models actually help startups take off
• AI Bubble 17x Dot-Com - HN discusses whether we're in a massive AI bubble with 223 comments debating market fundamentals
• Vibe Coding TODO List Syndrome - Developer calls out every vibe platform demo being a TODO app while asking what people are actually building
• WIRED's Vibe Coding Critique - Controversial piece calling vibe coding "the new open source in the worst way possible"
• AI Making Devs Lazy (Good Thing) - Argues that AI-induced "laziness" is actually productive efficiency
📰 Industry Moves
• ChatGPT Hits 800M Weekly Users - Massive scale milestone showing AI adoption across consumers, developers, and enterprises
• Google's $30K AI Bug Bounty - New program specifically for finding AI product vulnerabilities, opportunity for security researchers
• 19-Year-Old Gets Google Backing - Dhravya Shah's Supermemory raises funding from Google AI chief for memory layer infrastructure
• Hollywood Using 50% AI - Ben Horowitz reveals major film productions now half AI-generated, collapsing production costs
• Anthropic's Alignment Testing Tools - Open-sourced framework for testing AI behavior, use it to audit your own models for deception patterns
• GPT Training Data Leaks - Technical analysis of what GPT-OSS reveals about OpenAI's training data with 81 HN comments
⚡ Quick Links
• Google Chrome Built-in AI Challenge 2025 - Submit Chrome extensions using Gemini Nano by October deadline
• Ask a Techspert: What is vibe coding? - Google's official explainer on the vibe coding phenomenon
• I think you should let AI write your code - Developer's journey from AI skeptic to advocate with practical tips
One More Thing...
OpenAI just turned ChatGPT into an operating system. Think about it - 800 million weekly users, apps running inside conversations, and developers can now reach users without app stores, downloads, or onboarding. We're watching the birth of a new platform economy, except this time the platform speaks human.
The vibe coding backlash is hilarious though. WIRED's calling it "open source in the worst way" while a16z data shows startups are betting their runway on these tools. Maybe both are right? We're speed-running software development but nobody knows if the code will work in six months.
What are you building with all these new toys? Hit reply and show me what you're shipping.
Keep shipping,
P.S. - Saw someone use ChatGPT Apps to build a ChatGPT app that builds ChatGPT apps. We've reached peak recursion. Time to go home, everyone.