Behind the Craft

The #1 Hack to Build Apps With AI Without Getting Stuck | Colin Matthews


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My guest today is Colin Matthews.

Colin is a rockstar instructor who teaches a popular AI Prototyping for PMs course on building AI apps without coding skills. In our interview, Colin shared how to pick the right AI prototyping tool, what you should do before asking AI to code, and how to build a habit-tracking app step by step in just 20 minutes.

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Do this before asking AI to code
(01:13) How to pick the right AI prototyping tool
(05:50) Choosing AI tools for client, server, and database
(10:49) Building a habit-tracking app step by step(14:02) Always start with the data model
(22:08) Top mistakes to avoid with AI prototyping
(27:14) Should you still learn to be technical with AI?
(32:13) Avoiding the 70% problem and getting stuck on bugs
(33:59) How to learn to code through AI prototyping
Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/the-number-one-hack-to-build-with-ai-without-getting-stuck
Where to find Colin:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinmatthews-pm/

Get $100 off Colin's prototyping course: https://maven.com/tech-for-product/ai-prototyping-for-product-managers?promoCode=peter100

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