I'm not an expert in artificial intelligence. I'm not a developer. I'm not a researcher. I'm just someone who likes to understand how things work — whether that's PC hardware, CAD modeling, game mechanics, or whatever new rabbit hole I fall into.
Recently, that rabbit hole has been AI.
I started exploring AI because I wanted to see what it could actually do for me. Not in a theoretical sense, but in a hands-on, "can this help me build something?" way. And very quickly, I learned something important: AI is powerful, but it's also imperfect, unpredictable, and occasionally hilarious.
This blog is where I'm documenting that journey — the good, the bad, and the blob-shaped.
How I Ended Up Here
My first experiments were simple: could AI help me build an app? I tried one platform, hit limitations, jumped to YouTube, jumped to Google, jumped to other AIs. I even asked one AI how to use another AI. Sometimes it worked. Sometimes it failed spectacularly.
One of my earliest lessons was this:
AI is not perfect. Anything built by humans inherits human flaws.
Case in point: I once asked an AI to generate a coded 3D model for Tinkercad. It proudly produced a file. I imported it… and it was a blob. A literal blob. No shape. No structure. Just digital mush.
That's when I realized:
Always double-check what AI gives you.
Emails, code, models — all of it.
The Rabbit Holes Get Deeper
Eventually I found Claude, learned about its coding environment, and wondered if I could build something more complex. Then I stumbled onto a video about making games with AI.
That was it. The next rabbit hole.
I went back to Copilot and started designing a real-time strategy game inspired by Battle for Middle-Earth II. Together, we built a full world bible — factions, lore, mechanics, unit types, everything.
I dropped the whole thing into Claude and said, "Make an RTS based on this."
Claude said: Sure, no problem.
It generated a prototype.
I opened it.
And what I saw was… circles.
Circles everywhere.
A swarm of circle-people marching across the screen, destroying my invisible fortresses.
That's when I learned another lesson:
AI will not always fill in the blanks. If you aren't precise, you get circles instead of elves.
So What Am I Doing Here?
I'm learning publicly.
I'm documenting:
- What I try
- What works
- What breaks
- What surprises me
- What I learn along the way
I'm mostly here to explore — and share the process. But maybe I can also teach you something along the way.
I don't know exactly where this journey leads. I don't know what I'll be building three months from now. But I do know this:
AI has already opened doors I didn't expect.
It's helped me build apps, generate models, and attempt a real-time strategy game.
It's shown me that curiosity is enough to get started.
What You Can Expect From This Blog
- Honesty.
- Curiosity.
- Beginner mistakes.
- Unexpected successes.
- And a lot of learning.
I have many hobbies and interests, and this blog might wander through all of them. The cadence may change. The topics may shift. But the goal stays the same:
Learn something. Build something. Share something.
If you're curious too, I hope you'll join me.
Originally published on Hashnode.