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Make the Most of Claude Code: 12 Projects From Your First Prompt to a System That Runs Itself
Difficulty levels, time estimates, and the exact first prompt for each one — whether you've never opened a terminal or you're ready for your fifth app.
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Delegate Everything: How He Went From Building AI Tools to Just Giving Jobs to AI and Automated 30% of His E-Commerce Operations
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AI Agents Explained: The One Pattern Behind Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Every AI Tool
What actually makes something an "agent," the 3 types you're already using without realizing, and how to evaluate any AI agent product in 30 seconds.
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Stop Juggling AI Tools — How to Build a Second Brain That Actually Works for You
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AI Won’t Replace You: How to Build a Workflow That 10× Your Productivity
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Claude Code for Everyone: From Zero to Your First Project in 30 Minutes
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Make the Most of Claude Code: 12 Projects From Your First Prompt to a System That Runs Itself
Difficulty levels, time estimates, and the exact first prompt for each one — whether you've never opened a terminal or you're ready for your fifth app.
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Jenny Ouyang
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AI Agents Explained: The One Pattern Behind Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Every AI Tool
What actually makes something an "agent," the 3 types you're already using without realizing, and how to evaluate any AI agent product in 30 seconds.
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The Universal AI Prompting Framework for Claude, Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable
One framework that works across every AI coding platform — the 5 techniques that matter, the 10 habits to drop, and how to adapt for each tool.
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I Didn’t Expect This Prompt to Go Viral. Here’s What It Taught Me.
How 1,765 likes, 188 restacks, and 55 comments exposed the real mechanics of effective prompting.
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How I Create Consistent Hero Images, And Why I Haven't Switched to NanoBanana
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From AI Tool Paralysis to Daily AI Workflow: The 3-Mode + 3-Prompt System
One mental model that works across ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and every AI tool
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The One Advantage AI Will Never Give You (But You Already Have)
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Claude Code for Everyone: From Zero to Your First Project in 30 Minutes
Step-by-step beginner tutorial: install Claude Code, build 3 real projects, and understand the command line — no coding experience required.
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When AI Becomes Your Partner, Managing It Becomes Your Job
Six stories of shared experience in stepping into AI management.
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Delegate Everything: How He Went From Building AI Tools to Just Giving Jobs to AI and Automated 30% of His E-Commerce Operations
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Alex Willen, the e-commerce operator who’s systematically replacing himself with AI
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Four Typos Was His System: How He Built the Prompt Tool 2,000 People Actually Use
From "Replyyyy" to Right-Click: How He Turned a Ridiculous Workaround Into 2,000 Users
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Your Data, Your Machine: How He Built the Local-First CRM That Gives Creators Control
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Finn (again!), the veteran builder who's been shipping since 1976 and still hasn't found a reason to stop
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Can’t Do Nothing: How She Orchestrated 37 Contributors and 461 Users Into an AI Learning Event for $31
Build to Launch Friday: Meet Elena, the product manager who builds first and rests never
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