Built by someone who did it the hard way first.

This site exists because of a simple discovery: you no longer need a computer science degree, a bootcamp, or a developer on payroll to build real software. You need an AI tool, a method, and someone to show you the parts the hype skips — the debugging, the deployment, the bill at the end of the month.

The tutorials here come from building and shipping 49 live websites — games, data tools, content sites, web apps — without a traditional development background. Every pattern taught on this site is one that runs in production somewhere, including this site itself, which is generated by the exact Python build system taught in the programmatic site tutorial.

What's here

Tutorials take you from zero to something working — first website, first game, first database — with copy-paste prompts and honest difficulty labels. The pricing tracker watches what every AI coding tool costs, because this market changes pricing constantly and credit-based billing hides the real number. A script snapshots every tool daily and logs each change to the changelog.

How this site makes money

Some outbound links are affiliate links, meaning the site may earn a commission if you sign up — at no extra cost to you. Pricing data and recommendations are never altered for commissions; the tracker reports what tools cost whether or not they pay us. Full details on the disclosure page.

Contact

Corrections to pricing data are especially welcome: editor@howtocodeai.com