GenAI Mentor Blog
In-depth articles on AI engineering, building agents, and coding with AI. Each article has a companion YouTube video.
Stop Building AI Agents — Watch This First (The 2026 Reality Check)
Everyone is shipping 'AI agents' in 2026. Most of them shouldn't be. Before you write a single tool call, here's the framework that separates real agents from expensive chatbots — and the four mistakes that quietly kill 90% of agent projects.
From Idea to Shipped App in 5 Minutes: I Built a Floating Camera Overlay with One Prompt
I wanted a circular webcam overlay that floats above PowerPoint for podcast recordings. One prompt to Claude Code. Five minutes later, it was running. Here's the exact prompt, the result, and why this is the new way to build software.
How AI Agents Actually Work in 2026 — The Digital Person Mental Model
Forget the hype. An AI agent is just a brain with rules, hands, and memory — wired in a loop. This is the mental model that makes every architecture decision obvious, with the four layers, the agentic loop, and the patterns that ship in production.
Build Your First App in 10 Minutes With Claude CLI — Complete Beginner Walkthrough
No prior AI experience. No boilerplate. No copy-pasted Stack Overflow snippets. Open a terminal, type one prompt, and watch Claude CLI build a working REST API in under 10 minutes. Here's the exact sequence, the exact prompt, and what to do next.
Claude CLI Setup Guide — Install, Authenticate, and Build Your First Project (2026)
The fastest, friction-free way to get Claude CLI running on your machine. Three prerequisites, one install command, one auth flow — and you're coding 10x faster. The exact commands, the gotchas, and the verification checklist.