Hey champ,

Sometimes, I really wish I could code. Just imagine all the wonderful websites and apps I can build. Like what if I built a compass app that points me to the closest bubble tea store based on my live location?

Anyway, Claude exists now so I can do whatever I want.

This week I tried… building a career explorer app with Claude

The O*NET interface is what I imagine websites looked like in the 90s. And no, I don’t mean that in a cute, nostalgic way.

If you don’t know what O*NET is, it’s a free database by the US government with information on hundreds of jobs. It’s primarily used as a career exploration tool. Allegedly last updated on April 14, 2026. You be the judge of that.

So I decided to take a stab at creating a better UI/UX version for GradSimple members.

For this app, I went with Claude because I love its collabrative approach to building. And by collaborative, I mean it holds my hand and walks me through everything.

I started by explaining what I had in mind:

I want to create a new tool for GradSimple. I'm thinking of creating a better UI/UX O*Net tool. I presume that data is open source right?

Turns out the O*NET database is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0, meaning it's free to use as long as you credit the US Department of Labor. Good to know!

I then created a web developer account on O*NET Web Services, got a free API key, and had Claude spoon-feed me instructions like I was 5. I had no idea what I was doing. And it didn't matter!

After some back and forth on design and troubleshooting bugs, I deployed the app on Vercel and embedded it into GradSimple. Total build time: about 2 hours.

Click here to check it out!

For something I built on a whim in 2 hours, I think it turned out really well. It's incredible how easy it is for anyone to build apps now!

Go check it out here and let me know what you think!

Now go build something. Here’s how:

  • Think of a tool or app you wish existed

  • Open Claude and describe your idea

  • Ask Claude to help you stress test your idea, think through how it should work, and what it should look like

  • Ask Claude to give you step by step instructions to build it

  • Follow the steps, and when something breaks, share a snippet of the error back into Claude and keep going

  • Repeat until it works. That's literally it.

Go try something,

—Tyler

PS. What did you try with AI this week? Reply and tell me!

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