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Build one real thing.

I can't write code. I build real things by asking AI, and this is how. Start at build 01 and you'll have made something by the end of it. All of it is free and none of it is gated — no email needed to read a word.

The course

01 build
Build 01
Make your first real thing
You do not need to know what you're doing to start. Open one tool, ask for a page in plain English, and watch a real one appear. About 15 minutes, costs nothing.
about 15 minutes

Or read up on a subject

03 guides
The tools, honestly
How to Choose the AI Tools You Actually Need
You need far fewer than you think. The honest way to decide which AI tools to pay for, when to add each one, and how to skip the fifty you don't.
GuideStart here
How to Build Real Things With AI When You Can't Code
You don't need to code to build real things anymore. Websites, apps, tools, bots. The whole idea, the one skill that matters, and exactly where to start.
GuideBuilding websites
Building a Website With AI: The Honest Picture
Yes, a non-coder can build a real website with AI. The honest picture of what it's like, what it costs, what breaks, and where every deep guide lives.
Guide
Before you start

Questions people ask.

Do I need to know how to code to do this?

No. I can’t code and I built this entire site, a working AI agent that quotes and books jobs, and a full store with real checkout. You are not learning to program. You’re learning to describe what you want clearly and to tell when what came back isn’t it. Those are the whole skill.

What does it cost to follow along?

Nothing to start. A free AI account does everything in the first lesson, and hosting a personal page is genuinely free. If you keep going, a domain is about $11 a year and the paid AI tier is around $20 a month, which you can cancel the month you’re done. The full breakdown is in what it actually costs.

Is any of this held back behind an email?

No. Every lesson is a public page you can read right now without giving me anything. The email list exists so the next one turns up without you having to remember to come back. That’s the only thing it does.

What if the AI gets it wrong?

It will, and it will sound certain while doing it. That’s the part most guides skip and it’s why the lessons include the failures rather than a clean highlight reel. Catching a confidently wrong answer is a skill you build, and the field notes show it happening to me repeatedly.

I don’t know what half these words mean.

Neither did I. Ship, deploy, agent, guardrails, context — they get used as though everyone was born knowing them. The glossary explains every one in plain English, and you can start the lessons without reading it.

How this works

Everything here is free, and it stays that way.

Nothing is held back to make you buy something. If you want the next build sent to you instead of having to remember to come back, that's what the list is for.

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