I'm a Hacker, Not a Developer: What I Learned Building AI Tools
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You’ve seen the demos. You’ve read about MCP and local LLMs. You might even have an idea worth building. But there’s a gap between understanding these things individually and knowing how they actually work together. This talk is about closing that gap, using real tools, real tradeoffs, and honest lessons from someone who had no business building this stuff and did it anyway. We’ll dig into how MCP connects AI to your existing tools and data, why local LLMs are a bigger rabbit hole than anyone warns you about, and what AI assisted development actually looks like when you’re not a developer. Every concept is grounded in a real project so you can see how the pieces connect in practice. No programming background required. Just curiosity and an idea worth building.
