3 months ago, a few friends (including Wan Wei, Soh) asked me to run an AI workshop.

The only tool I use is Claude Code. It covers 99% of my AI needs. If I were to conduct any AI workshop, I would be teaching Claude Code.

But it carries a coding tool label, even though I use it for much more than coding. Proposals, presentations, LinkedIn articles, social media cover images, browser automation, mini tools. And of course, websites and apps too.

Marketing a Claude Code workshop to non-techies felt like a hard sell. So I said no.

Then OpenClaw went viral. A lot of people suddenly learned how powerful an AI agent running on their own machine could be. They tried it. And it was magical. But very soon, they hit a wall troubleshooting their own OpenClaw setup.

That pushed them to look at the stack underneath. Codex. Claude Code. The foundations.

I have repeatedly told people the same thing: learn Claude Code before OpenClaw. I wrote an article on why.

Read the article: https://lnkd.in/gZCy5FBg

1 month ago, Wan Wei “begged” me to run a Claude Code workshop focused on foundations. I thought maybe there was finally enough demand. I was still skeptical I could sustain it.

Turns out I was wrong.

My 3rd cohort filled up in 4 days. The 4th has 2 seats left as of today.

Watching learners push their own websites live was the proof my thesis was right. Terminal is not that difficult. It is a mindset block.

Don’t take my word for it. A few weeks ago, most of these alumni had never opened a Terminal. Here are 10 live websites they shipped, built by consultants, coaches, educators, even a voice actor:

https://lnkd.in/g2xPkm3t

Since the workshop started, some learners told me it was easy and fun. Others finished and asked, “So simple?”

If you are a non-techie who keeps being told Terminal is only for developers, that mindset block is the only thing between you and your first live website.

Congrats to all the alumni of the past 3 cohorts for “surviving” the torture. To be frank, while some find it easy, others do feel like they “puke blood”.

If you are interested in picking up Claude Code, the next two cohorts of Foundations of Claude Code are on 18 June and 2 July.

Worried it is not for you? Learners walk in from very different starting points, and that is completely fine. I can’t promise everyone learns at the same pace, but I can promise every learner leaves with a strong foundation, and no one is left behind. Everyone joins a support chat group and can re-attend any future cohort for free.

Details: https://lnkd.in/e9r8kScw

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