In this section I review one AI-powered application and demonstrate how it can be used to create new value. This time, instead of reviewing someone else's tool, I'm sharing how I built one myself - in two hours - to illustrate what Think Big actually looks like in practice.
I was scrolling through LinkedIn when I saw Daniel Pink's post. He shared a simple but powerful framework: Ask yourself two questions as the year winds down - What do I want more of in my life? What do I want less of?
It's the kind of thoughtful prompt that makes you pause. I could see people engaging with it, sharing their own reflections. Good content doing what good content does: sparking thought.
But then I had a different thought: This insight will evaporate.
Someone reads Pink's post during a coffee break. They think about what they want more of and less of. Maybe they even jot a note. Then life happens. The insight dissolves. By next week, they've forgotten they even thought about it.
What if there was a tool that captured this moment of clarity? Not just the initial reflection, but a space where people could return to their vision, refine it, let it evolve?
That question - and the Think Big principle - led to what became MeaningFull.
I opened Base44 (my go-to tool for vibe-coding nowadays) with a clear concept: Help people clarify and capture their personal vision through guided reflection exercises.
The initial flow emerged quickly:
Two reflection exercises: "What is your sentence?" (inspired by Dan Pink's work on purpose) and "What if one good thing hadn't happened?" (gratitude through absence)
For each: guided questions, AI assistance available, ability to save and revisit reflections
Clean, focused interface
Base44's strength here is conversational development. I described what I wanted: "I want users to work through reflection exercises, save their responses, get AI guidance when they want it, and be able to view their complete collection of meaningful moments."
Two hours later: A working application at meaningfull.base44.app.
But That Was Just the Beginning
Most people would have stopped there - working prototype, mission accomplished. But the vision kept expanding as I saw what was possible.
The first expansion: conversational AI guidance. I realized the AI help needed to be conversational, not just a feedback tool. So I asked Base44 to add two AI agents that guide users through reflection with specific instructions, few-shot examples, and the ability to save reflections directly.
The second expansion: from reflection to action. When I shared what I did on LinkedIn, one user suggested: "After I've added my inputs it would be ideal to get suggestions how to implement this into my day to day life". That unlocked a bigger vision. I added a "Make it more Meaning Full" feature that analyzes all of a user's reflections and generates three specific, actionable steps they can take right now. It wasn't just a reflection tool now - it was a complete system for moving from insight to action.
The third expansion: micro celebrations. Finally, I added micro-moments celebrations - subtle, elegant animations when users hit milestones: first reflection saved, first AI conversation, third reflection (when habits start forming), first action saved. Not because the app needed it technically. Because the experience needed it emotionally.
When I started, I envisioned a simple reflection tool. Two exercises, save responses, done. I didn't plan most of what it later evolved to. It emerged because:
The vision was bold enough to inspire expansion
The tools made iteration fast enough to explore possibilities
I stayed open to what users (and the development process) revealed
Traditional development would have locked me into the initial spec. "Scope creep" would have been the enemy. But when building is fast, scope expansion becomes exploration.
The reason this works isn't just AI coding assistance. It's the complete platform approach:
Built-in infrastructure: Database, authentication, hosting, APIs all handled automatically. I never thought about server configuration or deployment pipelines.
Conversational iteration: When something wasn't right, I described what I wanted differently. Base44 adjusted. No debugging, no digging through code - just clearer communication of intent.
Immediate testing: Every change was instantly live in the development environment. See a problem, describe the fix, test the result. Cycle time measured in minutes, not days.
Data model flexibility: As the vision expanded, adding new entities (DailyAction, conversation history, milestones) was describing the structure, not building schemas and migrations.
This is what I meant in Issue #6 about the Product Era. Base44 isn't a code generator. It's a complete development environment that uses AI as the interface layer. That's the difference between "helpful tool" and "fundamental shift in what's possible."
MeaningFull wouldn't exist in a world where applications take six weeks to build. Not because it couldn't technically be built, but because the effort-to-value ratio wouldn't justify it.
When AI changes what's economically viable to create, entirely new categories of applications emerge. Not better versions of existing tools, but tools that simply wouldn't have existed before.
The app is live at meaningfull.base44.app. It's free - just create an account to save your reflections.
I'd love for you to experience what I built, not because it's technically impressive, but because it represents a different approach to creating value.
And if you have ideas for tools that would create value but seem too small to justify traditional development? They might be two-hour projects now instead of six-week projects.