2026-07-18
I Explained It Six Times Before I Wrote a Single Line
My first live Claude API call. I explained it flawlessly six times while the file sat empty, then found my best decisions trapped in dead comments.
// 24-month public build program
Two pillars. Forge ships the code. Encode locks the lessons. The calendar below is the audit — a day counts when at least one post ships.
// Daily Completion
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// New — The masterclass
Work the Claude 101 masterclass — every module with a question before every answer, a self-scoring quiz, and a clear path from Module 1 to the final. Free, no signup, your progress stays in your browser.
// Pillar I — Learn
Learning in public. Sit down at zero, leave with one thing locked. The misses are part of the data.
2026-07-18
My first live Claude API call. I explained it flawlessly six times while the file sat empty, then found my best decisions trapped in dead comments.
2026-07-01
Finished Claude 101, certificate and all — now onto the next two. This session was the unglamorous part: a rebrand, study guides, and a Hire Me page.
2026-06-28
Sat down to study Claude 101. Instead I built the entire course into my site, repainted the whole place, and studied exactly one quiz. A confession.
2026-06-27
Module 2 taught me what a Claude Project is — and I realised I'd been hand-building one in my terminal the whole time.
// Pillar II — Build
Building and shipping. Code lands in production. The trade-offs that earned it. The rules I write so I don't make the same mistake twice.
Workhorse
Build One · Alpha Arc
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Steward
Build Two · Alpha Arc
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// Currently studying
Claude 101 — Anthropic Academy — learning the tool I build with, straight from the source: what Claude is, how to prompt it, how to put it to work. Ground-zero up, one module a day, each one turned into a quiz here. · free · data-analytics paused