AI helped me build a custom PC and 4 apps in 6 months with zero coding experience

Mid-October, early morning at work. I was hunting for a podcast to throw on while I worked and stumbled into something about what AI could actually do now. You can build apps with AI. Excuse me? I’ve wanted to build an app since I opened my first one. So I went all in. Had zero clue how to build a computer, but I knew the cheap pre-builts weren’t going to cut it. And I figured, if AI can build an app, it should definitely be able to build a computer. Started conversations with ChatGPT and Claude. Thirty minutes later I had a custom parts list with ample headroom. Way overbuilt, on purpose.