Real tools, real problems, built by people who'd never written code. Two cohorts worth of proof.
I started building with AI about a year ago. Here's what happened.
Cohort-based course teaching non-coders to build real software with Claude Code.
Claude draws flowcharts and diagrams in real-time on an Excalidraw canvas.
AI-powered adaptive learning app for the Marriage & Family Therapy licensing exam.
Web app to customize goat colors in real-time with SVG manipulation and PNG export.
Platform for discovering quality essays, with voting and full-text search.
AI executive assistant that remembers context across sessions and tracks tasks.
Browser extension that adds a "Buy Elsewhere" button on Amazon showing alternative sellers.
A system for finishing vibe-coded projects, sold on Gumroad.
Visual canvas where ideas appear as stars and connect into constellations.
Generative art using p5.js with seeded randomness, flow fields, and particle systems.
No coding background required. Every project solves a real problem the builder actually had.
A marketing agency owner built a client reporting dashboard and rolled it out to 5 real clients in his first week, then got confident enough to start building software to sell to other agencies.
Jordan BaumA system that scans and triages her inbox, blocks time on her calendar, and generates a weekly report for each client. Took her from around 100 emails a day down to about 3.
Rochelle D.A journalist used Claude Code to pull an archived blog through the Wayback Machine for an investigation she’d wanted to write for years, plus a personal life-organization HQ.
Alicia KenworthyA daily-use verbal countdown timer she made in a day and now uses every day, plus a life-story photo-book site for her dyslexic daughter with a huge high-contrast font built for how her brain reads.
Lucy Barzun DonnellyDesktop app wrapping a personal publishing tool, typewriter, idea combiner, and time-locking focus system. All local.
Automated follow-ups from call transcripts, AI stock research, and a puzzle game with swappable themes.
Password-protected team research portal plus an ordering site with A/B testing and Zapier integration.
Parses flight emails and hotel bookings into a full itinerary with location-based recommendations.
AI-curated daily news with story lifecycle management and hand-drawn illustrations. A new genre.
Client-facing 6-month growth tool with weekly progress tracking, content direction, and consultant review sharing.
Translates academic PDFs across three languages. Hours of work compressed into minutes.
Element simulation for the brain. Add emotions and watch them interact. Trigger panic attacks, first dates, road rage.
macOS app that interrupts screen time with poems, koans, and grounding prompts. Multiple themes, ambient sounds generated with AI. Downloadable.
Personal brand site inspired by AOL Instant Messenger buddy lists and MySpace surveys. Writing, podcast, and AI-analyzed testimonials.
Three-inbox auto-triage system with one-button archive, calendar-aware daily planning, hour logging, and over-scheduling detection. Replaced a paid executive assistant.
A 2-player game rooted in relational dynamics. Partners choose weekly challenges to tackle together.
Startup fundraising deck with inline editing and PDF export. The company raised funding during the cohort.
3-year cost model for a healthcare business. Revenue levers, P&L, capital planning. Work that previously required a team of six.
Fed years of client feedback into AI to surface hidden patterns in coaching style and strengths.
Personal meal planning tool.
Full command center GUI with multi-source task triage, skill inventory, time analytics, and automated prioritization. Pulls from notes, reminders, and email.
Daily system that scores your listening habits for adventurousness. Expand your taste by passing a quiz, buying the opposite album, or confessing to a critic. Miss the deadline and it auto-donates to charity.
Consolidated contacts from multiple platforms into one searchable database with export for email list segments.
Weekly meal planning with recipe database, fridge photo analysis, toddler safety flags, ADHD-optimized cooking steps, and shared shopping lists.
Morning alarm triggers a planning conversation with AI in the terminal. Simple, local, and used every single day.
Cohort 3 starts April 13. 30 spots. No coding experience needed.
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