I have several apps in mind - I'm writing a guide on UK tender responses, and will build a larger app around that subject once the guide is done, with a bunch of smaller apps to directly support the guide (freebies to drive interest, essentially). We'll see how it goes; I'm not expecting magic, but it's a good exercise to learn code with a specific goal in mind.

Like other answers have said, it depends on their learning style. Learn by Doing, or Learn by Studying?

You're right that you need the fundamentals first. I tried to build apps using ChatGPT, and sure - they work - but when you don't know the difference between frontend and backend, how a database is used, where CSS / JS / HTML / React / Laravel / and ten thousand other buzzwords apply, then it's very easy to get lost.

I'm 50 hours (!) in to the Web Developers Bootcamp by Colt Steele on Udemy. It's very good, but 74 hours long. It covers everything from absolute beginner to building a complete app with posts, comments, logins, databases, react, etc.

I'm also taking a break and watching laracasts to get some knowledge on the PHP side of things as opposed to the Colt Steele course which is mainly javascript.

I signed up a few weeks ago. Total app noob, no audience to speak of on twitter or here, but I am a member of Ramen Club in London for about a year.

The general vibe is a bit young (I'm 54, so not expecting much in the way of connection), and the platform leans heavily toward younger users and fostering connection between them. The much touted 'ai' at the heart of the platform is constantly recommending other people to talk to.

While they don't say so, the funding is clearly designed to drive VC money and attention toward early stage founders - they essentially get access to thousands of new projects every year for not much investment. Probably much faster than going through thousands of pitch decks - the members are constantly pitching to each other!
There's also farza's interest in building a global learning platform and he's experimenting with Buildspace as a mechanism to build at scale and test it.

I'm looking at it as a point of interest. Will I build a big following? nope. Will it inspire me to build out my app faster? Possibly - I'm deep into learning everything I can at the moment, so I'm seeing this as just another channel to pick up knowledge. BUT - even the general tone of the content and site is aimed at much younger people than me. We'll see.

Well... I liked your description of the Productised Services Offer that I bought a copy. The site copy is clear, instructions on how to duplicate it are clear, limitations (you need to have a notion account first) are very clear, and overall it's a good offer. I'll leave a review on the product once I've used it!

+1 - someone posted on reddit about getting (a very polite) cease and desist letter for using GPT in their domain name for AI related works. www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comme…