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I just blew $200 on a 'no-code' AI course that taught me nothing new
I saw an ad for this online course promising to teach you how to build custom AI tools without writing a single line of code. The sales page made it sound like you'd be making your own mini ChatGPT in a weekend. I paid the $200, went through all 12 modules, and it was basically just a long walkthrough of dragging and dropping pre-made blocks in a platform I already knew about. The 'innovations' they showed were just basic automations you could learn from free YouTube videos. I feel like a total sucker because I was excited to learn something cutting-edge, but it was all repackaged basics. The worst part is I could have used that money for actual API credits to experiment myself. Has anyone found a good, honest resource for learning about real, new AI tool building, not just the hype?
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noah9996mo ago
Man that is a brutal lesson to learn. I used to chase those flashy course ads too, believing they held some secret. Getting burned on a similar thing totally changed my view. Now I just ignore the fancy sales pages and go straight to the official docs for tools like OpenAI or Anthropic. Their own guides and cookbooks are where the real, up to date building info is. It's not as packaged, but you actually learn how things work instead of just clicking buttons.
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bennett.finley6mo ago
Yeah the "clicking buttons" part hits hard. I used to want that packaged stuff too but getting burned makes you see docs differently.
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wilson.sam6mo ago
Docs are the only thing that stays current. The fancy courses just repackage what's already free.
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