The most honest thing I can say about this website is that I didn't really build it. And yet, here it is.
You are reading this on a website that took about twenty minutes to create. I have not written a line of code in the best part of a decade. Before this, my recent experience of building websites was limited to Squarespace and WordPress.
I opened Claude Code. I uploaded my CV. I uploaded a headshot. I said I wanted a profile website. And then I waited.
A few minutes later, I had one. A real one. Not a template with my name dropped in - a built, working website with my content, my layout, and my information already in place. The things I changed afterwards were minor: a few placeholder assumptions to correct, some colour choices to adjust. The foundation was there.
Claude did not just write the code. It told me what accounts I needed to create and where. It walked me through setting up a GitHub repository to store the source code. It explained how to host the site. When it came to the contact form, it pointed me to the right external tool and told me how to connect it. I did not have to go looking for any of that. It was part of the conversation.
For someone who has spent a decade away from anything resembling development work, that guidance mattered as much as the code itself.
I am a delivery professional. Part of what I do - and increasingly what I want to help others do - is get comfortable with AI tools and understand where they can create real value in their work. This website exists to make that case. These blog posts are part of making that case.
And the website was built by AI. The posts are written with AI assistance. The thing I am using to demonstrate the value of these tools is itself a product of those tools.
It was not magic. There were moments where I had to course-correct, where an assumption Claude made was not quite right, where I needed to be clear about what I actually wanted. That human direction still matters. It always will.
The barrier I expected to find was not there. I got a website that does what I need it to do, that I can update and build on, and that cost me an afternoon.
The tools exist. The access is there. What is often missing is the confidence to start, or the sense that it is worth the effort to try. I hope this gives some signal on both of those things.
The contact form on this website was set up in the same session. If you want to talk about any of this - use it.