The article discusses the author's experience in building content management systems, comparing two projects ten years apart. Initially, a project for Zalando took four months to develop an MVP due to complex use cases. However, when re-approaching a similar project in 2025, leveraging modern prototyping tools allowed the author to create a functional MVP in just one month. This shift highlights the effectiveness of AI-powered tools in streamlining the prototyping process, enabling rapid development and less dependency on engineering talent.
I determined it would take two months for the initial MVP. In practice, it took us four months—double the time originally allocated.
On my second time around I made use of the prototyping tools available in the market, which allowed us to build and test the MVP in one month flat.
The biggest changes to prototyping have been the rise of tools that leverage AI to simplify the development process, reducing your dependency on engineers.
Prototyping tools like Lovable, Cursor and bolt allow for creating functional products quickly without coding knowledge, making them invaluable to teams.
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