Strategic Recommendations

For Complete Beginners

Start with claude.ai Artifacts:

1. Build 3-5 simple projects in browser
2. Export and learn to run locally
3. Then graduate to Claude CLI

Rationale:

• Lower friction = more learning
• Understand what you’re building before worrying about setup
• Tools are means, not end

For “Vibe Coders” (People with Ideas, No CS Degree)

Jump straight to Claude CLI:

1. One afternoon to learn terminal basics
2. Skip the academic journey, learn by building
3. Non-technical people are doing this successfully—it works!

Best first projects:

• Personal dashboard
• Simple game
• Productivity tool you actually want

Key insight: You don’t need to know how every line works. You need to:

• Describe what you want clearly
• Recognize when output is wrong
• Iterate based on testing

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