AI for Makers and Solopreneurs

About this course

You have hardware skills, a head full of ideas, and the ability to write a few lines of Python. What you need is a faster path from idea to working software.

This course teaches hardware makers, electronics hobbyists, and solopreneurs to use AI coding assistants to build real software tools, end to end. You will learn not just how to prompt an AI, but how to run a complete development workflow: from brainstorming and specification through to a tested, deployed application. No computer science background required.

Course structure

The course runs across six modules. Module 0 covers installation and orientation. Module 1 builds the foundations: how AI-assisted coding actually works, the Five Levels framework, how to frame problems for an AI, and how to manage the failure modes that catch most new users. Module 2 covers the tools and LLM landscape. Module 3 walks through the full workflow: planning, implementation, testing, iteration, refactoring, and deployment. Module 4 covers embedding an LLM inside a running application. Module 5 is the capstone: a production-quality, multi-user web application built from scratch with an AI agent.

Tools and LLMs

The primary editor is VS Code. You will use two AI coding agents: Cline (a VS Code extension) and Claude Code (Anthropic's terminal-based agent). Both are agentic tools that read your files, write code, run commands, and iterate, with you directing the work.

For language models, the course uses models from Anthropic (Claude), Alibaba (Qwen), and Moonshot AI (Kimi). You will see how to select and switch models based on the task and the cost.

What you will build

Four hands-on projects, increasing in scope and complexity:

Project 1 — RC Filter Analyser: An interactive browser tool with live Bode plots. Built using Claude in the browser only, no editor or terminal. Exercises the core framing skill from Module 1.

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