A simple, elegant teleprompter application built with Electron and React. This project was created entirely through AI pair programming using Cursor's AI features powered by Claude-3.5-sonnet.
This project is the result of a fascinating experiment in AI-assisted development. The entire codebase was generated through a collaborative dialogue between a human developer (who had no prior experience with Electron or Tailwind) and an AI assistant, without the human writing a single line of code manually.
The development process took approximately 2 hours from start to finish, demonstrating the potential of AI pair programming to accelerate development, even when working with unfamiliar technologies.
- Clean, modern UI built with React and Tailwind CSS
- Smooth scrolling with adjustable speed
- Customizable font sizes
- Dark/Light mode toggle
- Time remaining and estimated completion time
- Markdown support with GitHub Flavored Markdown
- System tray integration
- Multi-window support (Editor, Preview, and Teleprompter windows)
- Persistent settings
- Native macOS integration
- Space: Toggle scroll
- Up/Down: Manual scroll
- Left/Right: Adjust speed
- [/]: Adjust font size
- i: Invert colors (dark/light mode)
- Esc: Back to editor
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Run in development mode
npm run electron:dev
# Build for production
npm run electron:build- Framework: Electron + React
- Styling: Tailwind CSS
- State Management: React Hooks
- Text Rendering: React Markdown with remark-gfm
- Build Tools: Vite + TypeScript
- Icons: Custom SVG with ImageMagick conversion
This project showcases a new approach to software development where AI serves as an active pair programming partner. Here's how it worked:
- The human developer provided high-level requirements and preferences
- The AI assistant (Claude-3.5-sonnet through Cursor):
- Suggested appropriate technologies and architecture
- Generated complete, working code
- Handled complex integrations (Electron, React, Tailwind)
- Fixed bugs and implemented improvements
- Provided explanations and context
The entire development process was conversational, with the human developer providing feedback and direction while the AI handled all code generation and technical implementation details.
This experiment demonstrated that:
- AI can significantly accelerate development, even with unfamiliar technologies
- Complex applications can be built through natural language conversation
- AI can handle both high-level architecture and low-level implementation details
- The human developer can focus on requirements and user experience while the AI handles technical complexities
- Built with Cursor
- AI assistance by Claude-3.5-sonnet
- Special thanks to the Electron, React, and Tailwind CSS communities for their excellent documentation