My two cents on AI —
from a non-engineer
who builds anyway.
For years I wanted to build but couldn't afford to. AI changed that. Now I ship prototypes, automate my work, and learn in public.
This is a notebook for people who know AI matters but don't know where to start. Rough, honest, and aimed at you.
I built it four times and shut it down
TallyCare was the most important thing I've ever tried to build. It was also the thing that taught me the difference between a real customer and a polite one.
The pivot: building for myself
After shutting down TallyCare, I turned the problem around. The person with the most pain wasn't the staff. It was me.
I built a booking app because I was annoyed
A client's third-party widget kept breaking. I wondered how much of it I could build myself. The answer changed what I thought was possible.
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