Lina Lam, a product designer at Helicone, shares her experience of building her first AI app, an Emoji Translator, to gain firsthand exposure to user challenges and better understand Helicone's product. Despite her non-technical background, she found integrating the app with Helicone straightforward, requiring only a change of endpoint, which facilitated the storage of AI requests in an exportable format. Lina highlights several Helicone features she experimented with, such as Prompts, Custom Properties, and Caching, noting their utility in tweaking AI prompts, filtering requests for debugging, and improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness through response caching. She praises Helicone for its user-friendly interface, accessible documentation, and responsive customer service, emphasizing its suitability for users of varying technical expertise, from beginners to enterprises. Lina encourages new users to utilize Helicone's resources and provide feedback to help enhance the platform's capabilities.