Huge shoutout to everyone who finished the 7-Day Challenge this month and got certified. Seven days, zero to your own executive assistant in Claude Code. Step by step, from nothing to shipped. These 46 members put in the reps and walked away with a working assistant they built themselves: Larry Crane, Al Mulrooney, Hassan Eid, Brandon Claeys, Marc-Antoine Siewe, Neelima Rani, Javier Yranzo, Elmuntasir Mukhier, Cristian Victoria, Alberto Galdames, Harena Juan Rabarijaona, Greg Faysash, Logan Clegg, Paul Forster, Estefania Tidwell, Vuk Simić, Iain Littlejohn, Mark Moran, Julius Waggoner, Michael Wijaya, Ilias Kirbashev, Leviticus Kinchen, Duy Nguyen, Vina Egg, Žiga Kalan, David Richardson, Lesetša Mutchinya, Abrie van Wijk, Firoz Shaikh, Farel Viaho, Alberto Camacho, Tito Burga, Chad, Peter Lukacsi, Sanjana N, Ayhan Bulut, Jerry, Hamza Sajjad, Tim van Kollenburg, Elias B., Ismoiljon Farhodov, Tim Metzner, Java Hardge, Philippe, Papa, Robin Pinchard If you haven't started yet, the challenge is completely free and it's right here: https://www.skool.com/ai-automation-society/classroom/dda699b7?md=08b046f630344596b864d1cd4304bda0 One lesson, one build, each day. By the end you'll have your own Claude Code assistant up and running. See you in the next cohort. - Nate

Just almost a yearly wrap up. That is what it adds up to. Since August 2025, roughly 12 hours a day, every single day, building. No weekends off. No waiting for the right moment. Just learning & building. In the beginning it was not really building yet. It was learning and building at the same time. August, September, October, November were months of studying deep into the night, figuring out how all of this actually works. ( watched a lot of hours @Nate Herk videos) Slowly the balance tipped, and building became the bigger part. But one habit never changed: I still make a real study of every project before I start building it. Understand it first, then build it right. People ask what all those hours turned into. Here is the honest answer. I built things, a lot of them, mostly hands-on: ( I have 70 repos in Github) - Internal dashboards and a full Command Center to guide and steer our team in Uganda, so distance never becomes a wall. - Tailor-made CRM systems for food companies. - An operating system for an apple pie business. - Plexaris, a 16-week course platform to train students in Uganda, and - PRACTIQ Pro, an AI learning platform. - Plexaris AGRI, helping farmers in Africa become EU Deforestation Regulation compliant. - FoDiQ, Food Digital IQ for CPG and Foodservice. - SPEAQ, encrypted messaging with quantum-safe cryptography, now a native app, and - SPEAQ ID, sovereign digital identity. Access everything, give nothing. - HAKI, a legal-access platform for people in Uganda who normally never reach a lawyer. Product is build by the team in Uganda. Plexaris Command center to support and manage the team in Uganda - Plexaris HR, a complete HR platform running live, with payroll and post-quantum encryption. - DOQENT, a masterpiece for teachers, built together with a teacher from Slovenia. - CLARIQ, Where Clarity Meets Intelligence, C-level English learning, built with an Australian who lives in France. - And dozens of websites along the way and projects which are still in Stealth mode.

Definitely a super big win for me. Let me know what you guys think. It was super cool to actually get this out on the internet and it feels like I actually built something and built confidence in my skills to deliver value to clients.

Hey everyone, I built a Google Sheet that has every video I've published in 2026 along with the links to all resources, tools, and files mentioned in each one. If you're ever looking for something I referenced in a video, start here: 📌 YouTube Video Database This will get updated as new videos drop. Bookmark it. Check the tabs at the bottom to make sure you're on the right sheet. - Nate

Hi everyone! 👋 I’m excited to share my Day 1 win: building my first newsletter using Claude Code. I learned a ton through the process—how Claude Code works, what goes into creating a newsletter from scratch, and where there’s room for improvement. Since this was my first time building something like this, it was a great hands-on experience. Honestly, I’m pretty impressed with how capable the AI is. The result turned out better than I expected—but as a beginner, I’m sure I’ve missed things I could improve. I’d really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on how I can make the newsletter better. Thanks in advance! 🙌