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The plain-English handbook for building your app with AI

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The plain-English handbook

PDF · 15 chapters · ~43 pages

  • Every concept explained in plain English
  • A copy-paste prompt in most chapters
  • The whole map from front to back
  • A download link straight to your inbox
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Fifteen chapters from front to back.

  1. 01A note from me. Why I made this and how the call works.
  2. 02How to use this handbook. The tools, what you will build, and how to prompt well.
  3. 03AI models, plainly. What a model is, why it makes things up, and how to pick one.
  4. 04Anatomy of an app. The front, the back, the database, and how a request travels.
  5. 05Data. Where your information lives and how to keep it safe.
  6. 06Identity. Logins, permissions, and who is allowed to see what.
  7. 07APIs and integrations. How your app talks to the other tools you use.
  8. 08Hosting and deployment. Where your app runs and how updates go out.
  9. 09Security essentials. The handful of risks worth caring about.
  10. 10Payments. Taking money with Stripe and what you must never store.
  11. 11AI workflows for a business. Intake, sort, draft, and a human says yes.
  12. 12Testing and monitoring. Knowing it works and knowing when it breaks.
  13. 13Scaling. What bends first as more people show up.
  14. 14The build playbook. Idea to a working version in weeks, with a prompt for each step.
  15. 15When to bring in help. And what a call with me looks like.

Preview

Every idea gets a picture.

The same figures that run through the handbook. Drawn, not stock, so the pieces line up with the words.

Fig. 01How a request travels from a screen to a database and back.
Fig. 02An AI workflow: a request comes in, gets sorted and drafted, then waits for a person to approve.
Fig. 03The pieces of an app and how they connect: the app, the door, the roles, and the data.

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