I have a confession. When I built my “Muslim Prayer Reminder” Slack bot, and posted about it, people started reacting, congratulating me… and I didn’t really feel like a developer. I felt more like someone cheating on a school exam. I clicked a few buttons, approved suggestions, and suddenly I had a working app. A real product. In minutes.

It was fast. Too fast. And that speed brought something weird. I wasn’t celebrating. I was questioning myself.

Should I be proud? Did I actually build anything? Or did I just watch the computer do the heavy lifting while I sat there like a manager eating sunflower seeds?

All I really brought was the idea. No deep knowledge. No long nights. No tough bugs. No “I fixed it at 3 AM” badge of honor.

Just Continue… Yes… Okay… Done.

A part of me felt impressed. But another part felt guilty, like I tricked everyone, including myself. Why celebrate work that didn’t cost effort or skill?

Then I took a step back. Even if I didn’t write the code, something real happened: my idea became a product. I saw how possible it is to build things without being an expert. And that changed how I think about ownership.

Is ownership about typing every line? Or is it about the idea, the intention, the vision behind it?

If you have an idea today, you can bring it to life faster than ever. You don’t need to wait until you master twenty frameworks. You don’t need years of deep technical knowledge to try things. You can test concepts, build tools, and create value without feeling blocked.

So yes, maybe I didn’t “earn” this bot in the traditional way. But the idea was mine. The direction was mine. The product exists because I started it.

And maybe that’s enough to be proud of.

If you’ve been feeling the same guilt or confusion when you create something quickly, I get you. But don’t let that stop you from experimenting. The world is moving fast, and you’re allowed to move fast too.

Just build. Just try things. Your ideas matter, even if the work looks different now.