BRCHAD

Talk with anyone on WhatsApp, no need to add them to your contact list.

This project's code was almost entirely made using chatgpt.

I wanted to build a dailer for WhatsApp that allowed me to start chat messages with people I dont have on my contact list. The appp has this feature - I think - but I have no idea how to use it. It is possible to start chat messages with anyone using a url in this format: wa.me/{phone number}. Building a page that would read a phone number and open the url is not something complex.

I figured making the layout would be very boring, so I delegated this task to AI. There are better AIs for building code out there, but I used the tool at hand and the one I was familiar with: chatgpt.

When constructing my prompt I knew that explaining how the ui would be used would give me the best results. While I was thinkering with my prompt, I was describing the page's inner workings in detail. So could I generate this script alongside the html?

On my very first prompt the proof of concept was ready. I don't want to brag, but this is rare. THen I was bitten by the AI bug: what if I also generate the styles? Could I do it without writing code myself?

In less than an hour I had the site just the way I wanted, actually it had more features than I was planning to implement that night.

After this session I modified the site to show my links, I adjusted the layout and changed the title.

I was surprised by the speed in which my ideas took form. The iteration over code and design was quick and the feedback almost instantaneous.

March 2025