Hey everyone!
So I've been getting a ton of questions about how I built tylerfolkman.ai, and honestly? I wanted to show you it's way easier than you might think.
I recorded myself building a brand new personal website from scratch – not my actual site, but using the exact same techniques I used. The whole thing took about 20 minutes, and the best part? Zero hand-written code.
Quick confession: Things didn't go perfectly. We hit a compilation error around minute 3. The favicon generation totally failed. And at one point, Claude got stuck trying to run the dev server until it timed out.
But here's the thing – that's exactly why I wanted to share this with you. Because real development is messy, and knowing how to work with AI when things go sideways is the actual superpower.
What made the difference:
Instead of just throwing prompts at Claude and hoping for the best, I used a simple framework:
Plan first, code second (I'll show you the exact prompts)
Use Claude.md files to give it memory
Always ask "what's your confidence level?" when debugging
Sounds simple, right? But these three things completely change the game.
In the video, you'll see:
My Kickstarter setup that basically eliminates all the boring config stuff
The shift+tab trick that honestly blew my mind when I discovered it
How we went from broken build to working site in like 30 seconds
Why Claude tried to generate a favicon and failed spectacularly
Some security stuff you really need to know if you're building anything real
For my paid subscribers: You get access to my Kickstarter tool that automates a bunch of this. But honestly? Free subscribers can totally follow along and get the same results.
Look, I know everyone's talking about AI replacing developers. That's not what this is about. This is about spending time on the interesting problems instead of writing the same navigation component for the 100th time.
Give it a try and let me know what you build. Seriously – I love seeing what people create with these techniques.
P.S. If you're thinking "but I need something more complex than a personal site" – these same techniques scale. I use them for everything from landing pages to full SaaS apps.
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