Build in the Open: Tiny AI Projects That Help Real People

After reading A Practical AI Field Guide for Developers in 2025, a few readers reached out and asked: "Where do we go from here?".

The truth is: with a laptop or a phone, anyone now has access to the same AI superpowers than a billionaire. ✨

The real question isn’t “can AI make me code 10x faster?”

It’s “what small, meaningful thing can you build in the next 3 months?” 🚀

Here's why.

🧑‍🎓Learn by building, not by bookmarking

Theory is helpful, but momentum lives in tiny projects that serve real humans. Let’s treat this new era as an adventure we share, learn in the open, and celebrate our successes and mistakes moments along the way.

🗺️ A simple 3-month path

🔍 Month 1: Explore
Pick one real annoyance a human has. Prototype with prompts. Show a few people. Listen more than you explain.

🧩 Month 2: Stitch
Connect services to do one useful thing end to end. Aim for one input and one output. Tiny change, huge impact.

🚢 Month 3: Ship
Put it in front of five people. Watch, learn, adjust. Ask for a testimonial or charge a little.

🏢 Building helps your employer too

This isn’t about sneaking off to start a side hustle. It’s about learning-by-building in ways that make your team stronger.

Pick problems that matter at work, protect data, and share what you learn.

When you build useful tiny tools, your employer wins too: faster workflows, clearer decisions, happier customers.

Responsible experiments make you a stronger teammate and benefit the business:

• You learn the flow from user need to measurable outcome.
• You spot process gaps and automate boring work.
• You speak the language of value, not just features.
• You bring scrappy prototypes to leadership that open doors.

Tip: keep it small, protect data, and share your learnings in a 10-minute demo. Everyone wins. 💪

🚀 My 90-Day Build in the Open

I’m building Angular Jobs to help people seeking roles and teams hiring.

There are Angular engineers who have lost their jobs, and companies actively looking for great talent.

That inspires me to step in.

My mission is to build bridges between the two.

I’ll use AI to help make that happen, and I’ll share the journey so you can copy, remix, and improve it.

We learn faster together. 🎉

✨ Your 90-Day Challenge Begins

Pick something practical and human. Some examples could be:

• Turn messy meeting notes into clear next steps.
• Help a local nonprofit answer common questions.
• Pair a freelancer with the right brief using AI summaries.
• Create a “what should I learn next” guide for juniors.

The magic isn’t writing tests 20 percent faster. It’s connecting the dots so a real person says “this helped.” Build the smallest thing that solves a real problem, ship it, and tell us what happened.

And just like that… three months from now you’ll have something useful, loved, and alive. 🚀🚀

Let’s learn together and build. 🙌

What will you build? ✨

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