How we Built a Business Tool in a Weekend: By Zamaan & Rahim Jivraj

It started on a Saturday night with one simple question "can we build an app to track the money?"

Zamaan—better known as The Granola Kid—runs a real company with real customers. But his "accounting system" was mostly scraps of paper and memory. We didn't want to buy expensive software or deal with a complicated spreadsheet. We wanted something that felt like ours.

So, we tried something new. With the help of an AI assistant, and just started talking to it like a teammate. Neither of us had to write a single line of code. We just shared our ideas, and the AI turned those ideas into a working app.

“Make it easy to use” we told it. “Add a way to snap photos of receipts.” And our favorite request: “Provide some fun emojis every time Zamaan logs a sale!”

By Sunday night, the app was live on our phones. It’s simple, fun, and does exactly what we need:

• Tracked Sales: It syncs everything to a simple list.

• Easy Categories: It organizes costs like 🌾 Ingredients, 📦 Packaging, and 💻 Shopify.

• Visual Progress: It shows a colorful chart of how the business is doing.

• Total Customization: It even has a "Made with 🌾 by Granola Kid" footer.

The best part? It costs $0 to run. No monthly subscriptions, no hidden fees—just a weekend of "vibes" and creativity.

What We Learned

Zamaan: “I learned that tracking money isn’t boring when the app is actually fun to use. I love watching the green bar grow when I make a sale. And the emoji rain is definitely the best part.”

Rahim: “I realized that you don’t need to be a coding expert to build something real anymore. Building this with Zamaan—not just for him—was the highlight. It turned a dry lesson about business into a fun project we did together.”

Our Advice

If you have an idea for a project with your kids, don't worry about the technical side. Just start. Find a good AI partner, describe what you want in plain English, and see what happens.

Zamaan’s business is now officially "high-tech," and we have a weekend memory that’s worth way more than the app itself.