deonna hodges.

hi, i'm deonna 馃憢

stop feeling behind on ai.
understand what's real.
build with it.

i'm a senior engineer with 10+ years across the stack: backend, frontend, mobile. these days i build genai productivity tools for other engineers. now i'm showing you what's actually real underneath the ai hype, and proving the barrier to building is gone by doing it in public.

you don't have to be an insider to build with the future.

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10+ yrs
backend, frontend, mobile
genai tools
built for other engineers
300m+
users on apps i've built

shipped at Netflix 路 Block / Cash App 路 Instacart

yes, that's me at a forge. i like making things by hand. and with ai.

the mission

help 1 million people become ai-native builders.

right now the ai divide is hardening. a few insiders get all the leverage while smart, capable people are left with tutorials, hype, and guru slop. that gap does not have to be permanent.

you don't have to be an insider to build with the future.

build season one 路 a new useful thing every week