I Was Supposed to Study. Instead I Built This With MeDo #BuiltWithMeDo

Sikder Arifa Rahman — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:31:53 +0000

Just today while clearing out my inbox, I came across the MeDo Hackathon.

I had never heard of MeDo before, but something about the idea of “building full-stack apps in minutes” made me click the "Learn More" button anyway.

I’ve tried quite a few AI coding tools before, usually out of curiosity or while rushing to prototype ideas quickly. Most of them follow the same pattern: you type a prompt, and suddenly there’s a wall of generated code, components, and files appearing everywhere.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it completely misses what I was actually trying to build.

What surprised me about MeDo was that it slowed down first.

Before generating the app itself, it created a structured requirements.md file from my prompt. It broke down the workflows, features, and overall product logic in a way that actually made sense.

That small step genuinely made the experience feel different.

Instead of feeling like I was wrestling with an AI code generator, it felt more like the platform was trying to understand the idea before building it.

For the first time, an AI tool genuinely felt less like “autocomplete for code” and more like collaborating with a product manager + engineering team.

And honestly, the results surprised me.

With essentially one prompt, MeDo generated:

authentication flows
backend APIs
database schemas
responsive dashboards
AI integrations
onboarding flows
session management

What shocked me even more was how STABLE the first generated version was. The prototype worked immediately, without any random errors or incomplete features.

Now for the fun part.

I have a brutally difficult exam coming up in 2 days, and like many students, I’ve been drowning in messy PDFs, incomplete class notes, screenshots, and last-minute panic.

So I built ClarifAI.

ClarifAI turns chaotic study materials into a personalized AI tutor.

Students can upload:

PDFs
handwritten notes
textbook images
lecture transcripts

The AI then transforms them into:

simplified tutorials
adaptive quizzes
crash courses
high-probability exam topics
revision summaries
even voice conversations with your notes

One of my favorite features is the ability to choose how the AI teaches you:

explain like a friendly YouTuber
explain like a strict exam coach
explain like I’m 12
explain with analogies
explain in another language

It also adapts based on urgency:

1 month left
1 week left
exam in 48 hours

The idea is simple:
Most AI study tools summarize notes.

ClarifAI tries to actually teach them.

This is still an early prototype, but MeDo made it possible to go from idea → working product shockingly fast.

Definitely excited to keep building this further during the hackathon.

DEV Community: Sikder Arifa Rahman

I Was Supposed to Study. Instead I Built This With MeDo #BuiltWithMeDo