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Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app

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422 points sungam | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 10:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source

Coded using Gemini Pro 2.5 (free version) in about 2-3 hours.

Single file including all html/js/css, Vanilla JS, no backend, scores persisted with localStorage.

Deployed using ubuntu/apache2/python/flask on a £5 Digital Ocean server (but could have been hosted on a static hosting provider as it's just a single page with no backend).

Images / metadata stored in an AWS S3 bucket.

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jmull ◴[07 Sep 25 14:12 UTC] No.45158303[source]▶
I kind of love the diy aspect of ai coding.

A dermatologist a short while ago with this idea would have to find a willing and able partner to do a bunch of work -- meaning that most likely it would just remain an idea.

This isn't just for non-tech people either -- I have a decades long list of ideas I'd like to work on but simply do not have time for. So now I'm cranking up the ol' AI agents an seeing what I can do about it.

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farai89 ◴[08 Sep 25 00:53 UTC] No.45163734[source]▶
I believe this captures it well. There are many people that would have previously needed to hire dev shops to get their ideas out and now they can just get them done faster. I believe the impact will be larger in non-tech sectors.
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utyop22 ◴[08 Sep 25 01:33 UTC] No.45163951[source]▶
Most ideas suck and never deserve to see the light of day.

True productivity is when what is produced is of benefit.

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1. justin ◴[08 Sep 25 02:27 UTC] No.45164166[source]▶
Why don’t they deserve to see the light of day? Maybe the market gets to decide what “sucks” or doesn’t. More ideas in the marketplace gives users more choice.