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Claude is the one AI I use for everything, and I can't code. How to actually use it in plain English: what it is, free vs paid, and getting real results.

You don't need to code to build a real website anymore. Here's exactly how I do it with AI: the tools, the steps, the real cost, and what trips people up.

Everyone says 'vibe coding' like you already know what it means. Here's the plain version from someone who can't code, and does it anyway.

Both are great and cost the same. But for building real things as a non-coder, I reach for one. The honest comparison, plus where Gemini fits in.

No-code, AI, vibe coding. People use these like they mean the same thing. They don't. The difference in plain English, and which one you actually want.

Build a working app by describing it to Claude, even if you can't code. How it actually works, what apps are realistic, and where it gets tricky.

An agency quotes thousands. Building with AI costs shockingly little. Here are the real numbers, no rounding up, plus what I charge and why.

Forget prompt engineering. Getting great results from Claude is mostly describing what you want and saying when it's off. Here's how I actually do it.

Not a list of hypotheticals. Real things I've built by talking to Claude, plus a pile of ideas you could start today, even if you can't code.

Not per-site guesses. My entire AI build operation runs on one flat monthly bill, and it builds as many real sites as I can make. Here are the actual numbers.

I took a site I actually care about off WordPress and rebuilt it custom, a hand-drawn world with its own store, by describing what I wanted to an AI. Here is how it went, including the part that handles real money.

Bandit is the beagle in the room. This is the ongoing, honest log of making him feel alive — the wins, the dead ends, and the stuff that looked fake until it didn't.

Episode 1 of Some Guy & AI. I can't code, so I built a real, live website by talking to Claude. The full video, plus the written walkthrough.

The 3D room you're standing in. The dog. The door that opens. None of it was hand-coded. Here's how it actually went, including the parts that broke.

Not a list of 50 tools I've never opened. This is the actual handful I use to build real things with AI, what each one is for, and which are worth paying for.

I narrate my whole channel with ElevenLabs and never touch a mic. The honest review: what it's great at, the catch, and whether it's worth it.

I use vidIQ to decide what to make before I waste a day on it. An honest review for small channels: the catch, and whether the free tier is enough.

Most sites run fine on free hosting. Cloudways is where the bigger ones go when they grow up. An honest review of who actually needs managed hosting.

I started on Blotato, then built my own. Honest review of the AI tool that makes and schedules your content everywhere, and who should just use it.