Four Months In: Are You Started Yet?

This has been a four-month journey for me. February to June. From curiosity to confidence to execution.

The question isn't whether AI can help you code. That's obvious now. The question is whether you've actually started experimenting.

If you're still reading articles about AI-assisted development instead of opening a console and writing a prompt, you're falling behind. Not in some tragic way - more like you're still thinking about getting fit while others are already running.

There's no perfect starting point. You just start.

Pick a tool - Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, Bolt, whatever. Open it today. Think of something small you want to build. Not a life-changing product. Just... something. A landing page. A calculator. A todo list. Anything.

Write a prompt describing what you want. See what happens.

That's the only thing you need to do right now. Everything else - understanding token costs, building guardrails, creating ADRs, optimizing your workflow - that comes after you've decided this is actually for you.

But the starting point is just showing up with an idea and a prompt.

Four months ago, I was where you are now. February 4th, I hit send on my first Cline prompt. 987 prompts later, I'm shipping products, building agents, and thinking differently about what's possible as a developer.

You could be too. But only if you start.

So: are you started yet?