Geoffrey Litt, researcher at Ink & Switch, and the host build an app live using ChatGPT. They discuss the future of software development, malleable software, and how AI changes who gets to build software. They explore the impact of current software on our thinking, agency and control in generative AI, and the transformative impact of using ChatGPT in app development. They troubleshoot errors, discuss app functionality and UI improvements, and emphasize the potential of customization.

Guest Geoffrey Litt discusses malleable software and how relational databases can improve web apps and data ownership. They explore unifying UI states and app data, the concept of Riffle, trade-offs of using SQLite in TypeScript, schema management challenges, and introduce LiveStore as a solution.

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