🧭 THIS WEEK AT BuildProven
Howdy, the barrier to building stuff has fallen.I have a SW background, so a bit of an advantage, but really - anyone can now build whatever they need/want.
as usual, would love it if you could share this newsletter, give feedback via the poll at the end, or best, just hit 'reply' and tell me what you need/want with AI. I will definitely reply and try to help best i can.🧰 Worth Your Click
Here are a few things I found recently:
Off topic - but space stuff [cool] - NASA setback dang Jeff :(.
Job markets are really being disrupted - Parents, need to think and discuss how to handle with kids!
Anthropic is making a bucket load of $, and released Opus 4.8 - where’s the sonnet??
🗺️ FEATURED INSIGHT
AI has now basically reduced the barrier to entry to near zero. Something not working, something missing, annoying or too expensive - just built it yourself! This week -
my little system for capturing bookmarks broke - raindrop.io had some form of bug - So, I still use raindrop, but I simply told Claude Code my problem [why it didn’t work anymore] and what i was trying to do - and said ‘plan it!’ - and it simply researched, planned and built a better solution - in this case a small MCP server / connection i think to raindrop.
I have a couple of small SW tools I’ve been building, Claude Kit Pro and QA Architect, and the final touches are licensing/payment. I don’t know what the latest tools are at all - so again, simply ask Claude Code -
research the latest methods/tools for licensing and payment of small SW tools - agent/AI first and simple as possible. Set it up.
Turns out the solution is polar.sh!
So, challenge of the week - what do you need:?
website for local sports team
status report from xyz teams you have at work
research assistant for Rocky like creatures on Eridien [great movie]
blog/landing page/website for local business
whatever it is - simply go to claude.ai, or chatgpt.com, and find the code/codex whatever tab/page and describe what you need. Ask the the AI model to plan it out, tell you if any design decisions to be made and see what you get! Just iterate, tell it if it sucks, needs tweaking, start over etc.
I want to create ‘describe it’
background information/context of the topic
any restrictions/constraints/design specifics you know of / can explain
‘plan it carefully and ensure design fully tested and reviewed thoroughly’ - adhere to normal SW eng. processes.
Write to me and tell me what you built.
Weekly build logs from a 25-year program manager who codes with AI.
— Brett
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