Build An App vs. Learn To Code. Thursday, July 9th at 11am. Everybody keeps getting told to learn the skill set first. Learn to code, learn the tool, learn, learn, learn. Meanwhile the idea just sits there. Here's what I know from building Prompt Arsenal, the Launch Command Center, and Savvy Traveler Assistant with no CS degree in sight. The outcome came first every single time. The skill showed up because the outcome demanded it, not the other way around. Thursday we're getting into why people are searching "build an app" over "learn to code" and what that means for where you put your energy this week.