Lunch & Learn Workshop: Artificial Hack
- tanyalerm5
- Dec 3, 2025
- 2 min read
Our latest Lunch & Learn was not your typical “grab a snack and listen” kind of session — this time, we built actual AI-powered apps!
Each person got to roll up their sleeves and create something fun using free AI tools like ChatGPT, Replit, and Canva. No coding skills required — just curiosity, creativity, and a sense of humor.
💡 The Challenge: Build Something Fun with AI
Everyone had two app ideas to choose from:
🥠 Option 1: “Fortune Cookie for Your Code”
Describe a coding problem or work challenge, and watch an animated fortune cookie “crack open” to reveal a mysterious message — followed by a genuinely useful tip.
Example:
“My code is running slow”
Fortune: “Speed comes to those who measure twice, optimize once.”
Crack it open → “Try profiling your code first and check for nested loops or big database calls.”
🔄 Option 2: “Corporate Translator”
The hilarious translator that turns what you want to say into polished corporate speak — and back again.
Example:
Honest: “This meeting could have been an email.”
Corporate: “We could optimize our collaborative efficiency through asynchronous communication.”
How It Worked
The process was super simple:
Tell the AI what you want to build.
Watch it generate working code in seconds.
Paste it into Replit, click Run, and boom — your app is alive!
Customize, add fun features, and show it off.
🚀 What We Learned
AI can make anyone feel like a developer — even over lunch!
You don’t need to code to create something cool.
The best ideas often start as a joke.
And sometimes, the smartest debugging advice comes wrapped in a digital cookie.
📸 See some more snippets of the other people’s apps:
One Fortune Cookie by Keean Ferreira
Corporate Translator app by Frieda Van Der Merwe and
Corporate Translator app by Chane Rautenbach
🏆 And the Winner was... Jason!
Jason chose the “Fortune Cookie for Your Code” option — and his app stole the spotlight! With its satisfying cookie animation and mix of mystery and practical wisdom, it was equal parts funny and actually useful. The team agreed: Jason’s fortune cookies delivered both enlightenment and entertainment. 🍪✨
