Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 11/05/2025Demolition underway on the Brooklyn Uprising atrium. So fun to see beautiful brick and BIG archways behind the boring drywall 🤩🤩 030
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 26/01/2025It’s possible I may have built a crappy little app with AI www.docfizz.comdocfizz.comDocFizz: Secure PDF SharingSecurely share PDFs and virtual data rooms with DocFizz. 030
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 25/01/2025open.substack.com/pub/tylertri...open.substack.com#1 Re-learning to Code in the Age of AIOne month in, things are getting interesting... 150
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 24/12/2024a very simple exploration in this space: bsky.app/profile/tyle... 010
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 24/12/2024It's email only right now but I'll try to add other platforms (SMS, WhatsApp, Twitter or BlueSky DMs) soon. 010
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 24/12/20241st app I've shipped in a decade feels good enough let y'all test it out if you like :) Sparks is way to deepen connections. Invite friends, family, or long-orbit internet friends to a Circle and get daily/weekly AI-tuned Sparks in your inbox to kick off meaningful conversations: getsparks.cogetsparks.coSparks sends you helpful nudges and conversation starters to deepen your relationships. 270
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 16/12/2024Looking to set up a fresh newsletter. What do you use and why? 960
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 15/12/2024Using v0 to create/deploy a custom landing page and then applying that design to re-theme my entire Rails app in ~90 minutes. This is a game-changer. Not sure I've ever been this excited to build new tech products. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SiY...youtube.comRe-learning to Code with AI: Landing Page & App Design in 90 minutes with v0YouTube video by Tyler Tringas 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 11/12/2024So, despite not having coded in almost 10 years, I was able to ship a pretty solid v1 of an app idea on Rails in about a day and half primarily using Cursor to write the code. This. Is. Nuts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiFC...youtube.comRe-learning to Code with AI: 1st Rails App LiveYouTube video by Tyler Tringas 2131
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 11/12/2024What do you y'all use for naming a new business/app? Kinda surprised there's not better tools for generating names with AI -> checking availability of domains/socials -> loop 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 07/12/2024Where are we deploying our rails apps these days? Render? 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 07/12/2024My first aha moment using Cursor Composer www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA7J...youtube.comRe-learning to Code with AI: 1st time testing Cursor ComposerYouTube video by Tyler Tringas 000
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20248/ I can totally see how this would be a superpower for existing programmers and would allow non-coders to easily contribute to an established codebase. 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Also surprised at how many attempts it takes Cursor (using either Claude or o1) to identify the problem even given an error message and full access to the codebase. 220
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024These errors were quite hard to debug with no background in NextJS and would be even harder for someone with no background in coding period. 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20247/ Had Claude start building the data models, views, and forms. Again, surprised at how good it is in terms of matching my text into a pretty darn good app. But also surprised that it makes simple errors like making a field required in the db but not including that field in the form submission. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20246/ I forgot how fun it is to just sit down at the computer and build stuff! 🤩 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024So I can get a pretty good sense of what it would be like for a total non-coder... which is to say still pretty tough work. That said, I'll keep trying some other configurations including doing more of the code generation inside Cursor. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Me building with NextJS is a cool test case because I have no background in Next or any of the JS frameworks, so I'm totally reliant on LLMs to generate the code, but I know enough about programming to edit and debug the code after the fact. 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20245/ At least with this current approach (NextJS app, use Claude to create code, paste into Cursor and debug with Cursor suggestions), I'm not convinced total non-coders can build full apps. Running into lots of issues that would be show-stoppers if I had literally no idea what any of the code meant 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024On the other hand it makes very simple mistakes pretty often that are hard to debug if you don't have a background in coding. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20244/ I'm surprised both at how good and how bad Claude is at writing code. On the one hand it's amazing that it can take a written spec and do a decent job at generating app code. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20243/ Claude will often forget steps in its instructions like "migrate the db" or "change this same code in other files." It will usually catch it if you nudge with "Are these all the steps I need to do at this time?" 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20242/ LLMs aren't always aware of the latest versions of packages. Can give outdated code suggestions based on older versions of documentation. Not sure easiest way to update Claude on this. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Day 2 Lessons learned: 1/ Authentication in NextJS is tricky! Tried and failed to use NextAuth for email/password. Switched to "magic link" login & working. @shl recommended using Clerk instead (will try soon). 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Day 2: * Used Claude to generate a technical spec for a new app idea * Had Claude generate the code for a NextJS app. I copy/paste into Cursor * @DescriptApp screen recording is buggy! Lost a few hours of screen recording 😭 . Recommendations? 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20243: Connecting to Github and deploying a simple hello world NextJS app on Vercel. Had to debug a tricky gpg issue to connect to Github. Great example of how helpful Claude can be for this stuff www.youtube.com/watchv=aO3GO...youtube.comRe-learning to Code with AI: Deploying a NextJS app with Github + VercelIn this video we work through connecting to Github and setting up Vercel to get a simple NextJS app working live on the internet. You’ll see me use Claude.ai... 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20242: Using homebrew to install packages like node. Generating my first NextJS app www.youtube.com/watchv=79L30...youtube.comRe-Learning to Code with AI: Using HomebrewEpisode 2 of my series re-learning to code using the latest AI tools. In this episode I explain how to install the packages and tools you need to first get s... 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20241: Getting familiar with using the Terminal (ie Command Line) again. So many tutorials skip right past this step but having a basic understanding of it is essential: www.youtube.com/watchv=UI-pc...youtube.comRe-Learning To Code with AI: Setting up TerminalThis is the first video in a series I'm publishing where I re-learn to code from scratch using the latest AI tools. This series will start out quite rough an... 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Starting a thread for updates as I re-learn to code (after nearly 10 years) using the latest AI tools. This thread and the recordings are going to be the real-time messy journey with dead-ends and dumb mistakes along the way 👇 140
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024On the other hand it makes very simple mistakes pretty often that are hard to debug if you don't have a background in coding. 000
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20244/ I'm surprised both at how good and how bad Claude is at writing code. On the one hand it's amazing that it can take a written spec and do a decent job at generating app code. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20243/ Claude will often forget steps in its instructions like "migrate the db" or "change this same code in other files." It will usually catch it if you nudge with "Are these all the steps I need to do at this time?" 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20242/ LLMs aren't always aware of the latest versions of packages. Can give outdated code suggestions based on older versions of documentation. Not sure easiest way to update Claude on this. 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Day 2 Lessons learned: 1/ Authentication in NextJS is tricky! Tried and failed to use NextAuth for email/password. Switched to "magic link" login & working. @shl recommended using Clerk instead (will try soon). 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Day 2: * Used Claude to generate a technical spec for a new app idea * Had Claude generate the code for a NextJS app. I copy/paste into Cursor * @DescriptApp screen recording is buggy! Lost a few hours of screen recording 😭 . Recommendations? 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20243: Connecting to Github and deploying a simple hello world NextJS app on Vercel. Had to debug a tricky gpg issue to connect to Github. Great example of how helpful Claude can be for this stuff www.youtube.com/watchv=aO3GO...youtube.comRe-learning to Code with AI: Deploying a NextJS app with Github + VercelIn this video we work through connecting to Github and setting up Vercel to get a simple NextJS app working live on the internet. You’ll see me use Claude.ai... 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20242: Using homebrew to install packages like node. Generating my first NextJS app www.youtube.com/watchv=79L30...youtube.comRe-Learning to Code with AI: Using HomebrewEpisode 2 of my series re-learning to code using the latest AI tools. In this episode I explain how to install the packages and tools you need to first get s... 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/20241: Getting familiar with using the Terminal (ie Command Line) again. So many tutorials skip right past this step but having a basic understanding of it is essential: www.youtube.com/watchv=UI-pc...youtube.comRe-Learning To Code with AI: Setting up TerminalThis is the first video in a series I'm publishing where I re-learn to code from scratch using the latest AI tools. This series will start out quite rough an... 100
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 02/12/2024Starting a thread for updates as I re-learn to code (after nearly 10 years) using the latest AI tools. This thread and the recordings are going to be the real-time messy journey with dead-ends and dumb mistakes along the way 👇 120
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 30/11/2024Laravel definitely the one I would add if I did 3 of them. What's the strongest argument for Laravel vs the other two? 200
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 30/11/2024Should I keep posting super rough videos like this as fast as possible, or take more time to clean them up a bit? bsky.app/profile/tyle... 110
Tyler Tringas @tylertringas.com · 30/11/2024Ok, been recording away but here's the rough roadmap: 1/ Get back up to speed on current tools 2/ Get to "hello world" on both (a) Rails (b) NextJS 3/ Build my test project (already picked a good one 🤩) on both using as much AI (Claude + GPT) as possible 240
