Learn git, keys and backups as a beginner
A month in with no IT background, and scared of what he doesn't know · Reddit r/ClaudeAI · u/Sacez · Jul 2026
After building a useful project tool in a month, the poster had to learn GitHub, hosting and API keys on the fly, and wrote rules after reading about agents deleting code.
The honest numbers
- Says about one month from start to a working tool
As stated by the source. Not independently verified.
Lesson
Learn the basics as you go: git, where your keys live, and how to back up. They matter more than the next prompt.
Fix prompt
Copy this into your own AI tool (Cursor, Lovable, Claude Code, Bolt…). It's general guidance written by us. Review what the AI suggests before applying it.
I'm new to building with Claude. Be my patient teacher. 1) Look at my project and explain its structure in plain English: what each main folder and file does. 2) Teach me the 5 basics I most need right now (e.g. git commits and branches, env vars, how deploys work, reading an error message, backups), each with one tiny exercise in my project. 3) Suggest a small next feature that's a good learning step, and how to ask you for it in small, testable pieces. Don't change code without asking me first.
Source: Reddit r/ClaudeAI ↗