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According to a report by Shaoshupai on October 12, 2026, developer Zixiao used an AI programming assistant to rewrite from scratch the classical poetry app "Weishi," which launched in 2015; based on CodexBar statistics, it is estimated that nearly $20,000 worth of tokens were consumed. The new version uses SwiftUI and WidgetKit, filling in the annotation, appreciation, and pinyin features users had requested in earlier years, and adds TTS read-aloud, Suno-generated chanting tracks, and dynamic wallpapers, and is still offered for free. Zixiao said that AI builds the skeleton very quickly, and what really takes time is aesthetic trade-offs and repeatedly overturning and starting over.
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After burning nearly $20,000 in tokens, I used AI to rewrite a micro-poetry app from eleven years ago
Developer Zixiao used an AI coding assistant to rewrite from scratch the classical Chinese poetry app "Wei Shi" (Micro Poetry), which launched in 2015, consuming an estimated nearly $20,000 in tokens according to CodexBar statistics. The new version uses SwiftUI and WidgetKit, fills in the annotation, appreciation, and pinyin features users requested in earlier years, and adds TTS read-aloud, Suno-generated chanting tracks, and dynamic wallpapers, all still offered for free. The author says AI builds the skeleton quickly; what really takes time is aesthetic trade-offs and repeatedly tearing things down and starting over.