​Reader,

I did something crazy this week.

I built a macOS app from scratch.

Doesn't sound that wild until I tell you:

• I've never built a macOS app before.
• I've never written a single line of Swift (that's Apple's programming language).
• I've never even touched an Apple developer account.

And yet…

79 minutes later, it was done.

This is NoteMac, a text editor for Mac (because I was tired of the included one).

It's not "sorta working", it's actually... done. Shipped.

This reminded me of one of my students, Hugh.

Hugh's Story

Hugh used to work in agriculture.

Literally hanging out on farms, managing farmers, surrounded by livestock and his kids.

Then life happened. Family stuff changed everything.

But Hugh realized something powerful.

The business skills he'd built over 20 years?

They translate perfectly to this AI revolution.

So he became what I call a no-code software architect.

Someone who truly understands how to build application.

Without writing a single line of code.

Now he's helping Australian dentists find new patients.

He built a full SaaS and a lead magnet to go with it.

What's Really Happening

Even the guys at Cursor and Claude Code say they write less code every day.

​Lee Robinson (Cursor) just published a video talking about this.

Boris Cherny (creator of Claude Code)... same thing.

​He said every change he's made in the last 30 days was done WITH Claude Code.

They're building Cursor And Claude Code with... AI.

Do you see what's happening?

You're Not Ready

The future isn't coming. It's already here.

And yet…

Every single day, you tell yourself:

"I'm not technical enough."
"This is too complicated."
"I can't do this."

I'm going to be brutally honest with you.

If you keep waiting…

If you keep telling yourself these stories…

2026 will leave you behind.

Big change is coming.

Think of it like a wave.

You can either get swept away by it…

Or you can surf it into the future. 🏄‍♂️

No More Excuses

Yes, I have 20+ years of coding experience.

But it barely helped me build that macOS app.

I had zero knowledge of Swift.
Zero knowledge of Apple's developer system.
Zero knowledge of how any of it worked.

And I still shipped in 79 minutes.

If I can do it, you can too.

With all that said...

Happy New Year.

I hope you had a great holiday season.

Now it's time to stop waiting.

- Robin

P.S. This app experiment has truly opened my eyes. Never before was I more convinced that traditional engineering is dead, and the future belongs to founders, business professionals, and product-first humans → Start Building Today​