He's picked up the AI stuff really well. I've helped him along but he has an openclaw setup he uses for most things. Has gotten it to deploy sites to railway and fly.io. I am impressed for sure. I think he just has a lot of creativity and is excited about what he can do now so he's willing to learn.
There's a lot of people who know Excel and SQL who otherwise don't know anything else technical. By my measure what they do is programming but a lot of people don't see it that way.
He's picked up the AI stuff really well. I've helped him along but he has an openclaw setup he uses for most things. Has gotten it to deploy sites to railway and fly.io. I am impressed for sure. I think he just has a lot of creativity and is excited about what he can do now so he's willing to learn.
GP's friend knows SQL joins, so I wouldn't lump her into the 'non-technical' group.
There's a lot of people who know Excel and SQL who otherwise don't know anything else technical. By my measure what they do is programming but a lot of people don't see it that way.
This is why I'm optimistic that we'll see a renaissance in hobby computing.
AI is the new BASIC.