ai side-income path · build · lesson 3 of 15
Build a simple CRM and business tool with an AI coding assistant
Small businesses pay for tidy tools. Learn to turn their messy list into a simple app with records, status and reminders.
Learning material, not financial, legal or tax advice, and no income is promised. Results depend on your work. Use practice data only. Check the rules where you live on contracts, tax and personal data before you sell anything.
your aim
What you will be able to do
Design a small customer-record and order tool and build a first version with an AI coding assistant.
- Task. Build a three-screen tool: add, list and update a customer or order.
- Condition. An AI coding assistant, practice data only.
- Standard. Add, list and update all work; no real personal data; one page of notes on who can see what.
before the live session
Pre-read: get ready in 10 to 15 minutes
Read this one or two days before the live session.
- Read. The aim above and the three steps below. Note one thing you do not understand.
- Prepare. Open the tool you will use for "build a simple crm and business tool with an ai coding assistant" and check that it works.
- Bring. One question to ask in the live session.
step 1
Draw the records first
List what the business tracks: customers, deals, orders, invoices. Draw the boxes and the links on paper before you ask for code.
step 2
Build in small steps
Ask the assistant for one screen at a time: add a record, list records, change status. Test each with practice data before the next.
step 3
Protect the data
Never use real customer data while learning. Plan who can see what, and how data is backed up and deleted.
learn your way
See it, hear it, do it, write it
- See. Sketch the steps of "build a simple crm and business tool with an ai coding assistant" as a simple picture or flow before you start.
- Hear. Say each step aloud to a partner, or record yourself and play it back.
- Do. Work with your hands on the practice task, then tick each step as you finish it.
- Read and write. Write your result in five lines in your own words.
after the live session
Post-read: your notes and recording
After the live session the join button changes to "watch recording", and the notes are added here.
- Watch. The recording, if you missed any part.
- Read. The notes for "build a simple crm and business tool with an ai coding assistant" and tick off each step.
- Share. Put your result on your showcase for feedback.
Draft. Recordings and notes are not working yet in this test.
check yourself
Three quick questions
Think of your answer first, then open the question.
What do you draw before you ask for code?
The records and how they link.
What data do you use while learning?
Practice data only.
How do you build?
One small step at a time, testing each.