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Couchto5k.ai offers free 30-day program teaching AI agent workflows through ten minutes of daily practice

Lenny Rachitsky shared the resource replying to Boris Cherny at Anthropic.

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Boris Cherny@bcherny#369inTech

Big fan of teaching more people the basics of using Claude Code in an accessible way.

So much of the world has not yet used agents. There's a lot of opportunity to level the playing field and expand access.

itay shmool 🇮🇱@IShmool

I built "zero2claude", a free course that takes people from zero terminal experience to shipping with Claude Code.

The curriculum goes from absolute zero → software basics → Claude Code fundamentals → advanced usage. No shortcuts, no assumptions.

17,000+ students. 7 languages. ~500 active hourly. No marketing. No ads. Pure word of mouth.

The entire platform? Built and operated by one person with Claude Code.

Lighthouse audit: ✅ Performance : 96 ✅ Accessibility : 100 ✅ Best Practices : 100 ✅ SEO : 100

Production stats: ~6.4M requests/day. 74 req/sec sustained. <0.003% error rate.

Claude Code doesn't just write code. It builds production-grade, scalable products.

The best way to grow Claude Code adoption isn't to simplify the tool. It's to level up the people. Give fishing rods, not fish.

Free. No paywall. My contribution to the community. Link in the comments 👇

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Many users praised the free AI building courses and Claude Code for helping non-engineers ship products effectively, while some raised concerns about performance slowdowns and access problems.

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Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan

The perfect weekend to kick off your Couch to 5K for AI https://couchto5k.ai/

Boris Cherny@bcherny

Big fan of teaching more people the basics of using Claude Code in an accessible way.

So much of the world has not yet used agents. There's a lot of opportunity to level the playing field and expand access.

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Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan

@bcherny You’ll love this from @yourgirlhils https://couchto5k.ai/

Boris Cherny@bcherny

Big fan of teaching more people the basics of using Claude Code in an accessible way.

So much of the world has not yet used agents. There's a lot of opportunity to level the playing field and expand access.

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Boris Cherny@bcherny

@clawdb0t Run /statusline to show usage

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Diego Gomez@0xquinto

@bcherny Been adding your teachings here:

https://github.com/0xquinto/bcherny-claude

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Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan

This is courtesy of the great @yourgirlhils

Lenny Rachitsky@lennysan

The perfect weekend to kick off your Couch to 5K for AI https://couchto5k.ai/

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Bahri Inceler@CeeKAU

@bcherny the basic most people skip isn't prompting. it's giving the agent persistent rules + state it can actually read, so it's not starting from zero every session. that's usually the moment it clicks for them. what's the #1 missed basic you see?

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Ali Hasnain@clawdb0t

@bcherny Increase claude code limits Boris. Also show usage always below text box!!

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Boris Cherny@bcherny

@clawdb0t Yes, that is what that does^

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Ali Hasnain@clawdb0t

@bcherny Thanks!! Can we display usage % below text box always?

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Charlie Coppinger@TheCoppinger

@bcherny Currently going broke circumnavigating the globe (from New Zealand) to teach the good word of Claude, for free, at an event series I started called Build Day

LA last week, Vancouver tomorrow, CDMX the week after etc.

Goal: onboard less/non-tech folk

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Ian Kar@iankar_

@lennysan wait this is sick! when did you launch this?

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Robert Karpeles@ramblingrob

@lennysan I’m on day 7. Game changer.

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Alex Brooks@4lexBrooks

@bcherny I heavily use terminal Claude Code, but near exclusively thru remote control. If able to start a new terminal Claude session remotely would be HUGE to converting non terminal users. It's the biggest barrier to fully unlocking it for average users.

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The Lazy Vibecoder@lazyvibecoderx

@bcherny I like the new /workflow feature you are about to ship. Is that like harness integrated teams? Please tell me it will work off the sub and not just the agent credits?

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Ali Hasnain@clawdb0t

@bcherny Okkay thanks Boris, thankful to you for claude code!!!

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Chimpansky@chimpansky

@bcherny the access question is mostly a prerequisite question. someone comfortable in a text editor but not a terminal still hits a multi-hour setup wall before writing their first prompt.

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Rob Weinstein@robw3712

@lennysan @yourgirlhils Start? I “cheated” and have done Days 19-21 today. :) I can’t thank you and @yourgirlhils enough for this gift of a curriculum. It’s magical and has turned me into a Claude Code addict!

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Ansh Kapuriya@anshkapuriya

@bcherny One thing that can be improved. Show user the token usage prediction after every user input.

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Ofek Shaked@VibeCoderOfek

@bcherny Lowering the barrier to entry for agents is now more important than raw model improvements. The next leap in adoption comes from people not just tools.

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m-ret@mretsal

@bcherny Hey Boris. Claude Code is super slow now even on the $200/mo sub. What you call fast mode, is actually the regular mode from a month ago but billed per token/API? I want some clarity.

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