Mike_Ouroumis

Building the world's free AI school → | Founder & builder. Sharing the journey of shipping AI products in public.

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

A few years ago I realized something that made me angry.

The best AI education was locked behind $500 courses and $50/month subscriptions.

People who couldn't afford it were being left behind.

So I built https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys — here's the story 🧵

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

It split the work into 4 small PRs:
→ Database schema, verified before anything depended on it
→ Subscribe API, double opt-in, honeypot, rate limiting
→ Signup UI, zero layout shift, Core Web Vitals intact
→ Weekly digest, reuses an existing cron slot

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

I built a full newsletter system for https://t.co/WR9NiZNAck using Fabel 5. Here's what stood out.

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Small PRs. Tests with the feature, not after. Audit before you build. The fundamentals of good engineering didn't change. Who practices them did.

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

@dev_maims I use supabase with postgres

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@AIGuideHQ This is the mission. Too many people still think learning AI costs money.

I built https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys to prove otherwise — free AI courses with certificates, no catch. Keep spreading the word! 👏

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

@aryaan_smm 100% this. And the scary part? Most people still don't know where to start.

That's exactly why I built https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys — one place for free AI courses, no gatekeeping, no paywalls. Glad the conversation is moving this way 🙌

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

@NadzuAI Love seeing this. Free access to AI skills is the great equaliser.

I built https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys for exactly this reason — AI education should have zero barrier to entry. We're heading in the right direction 🚀

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

I'm now building this in public — sharing everything:
the wins, the failures, the product decisions, the growth numbers.

Follow along if you're building something or learning AI.

This is just the beginning. 🚀

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

The problem was simple but massive:

AI is reshaping every job on the planet.

But learning it costs money most people don't have.

That's not a skills gap. That's an access gap.

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

So I built it.

https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys — free AI courses, tools, and resources for anyone who wants to learn.

No credit card. No catch.

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

A few years ago I realized something that made me angry.

The best AI education was locked behind $500 courses and $50/month subscriptions.

People who couldn't afford it were being left behind.

So I built https://t.co/t3e4WUHuys — here's the story 🧵

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

@vivoplt Claude Code

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

Anthropic leaked 512K lines of source code on npm this week.

The scariest part wasn't the leak.

It was discovering they had a secret autonomous agent mode running in the background.

We're shipping autonomy faster than safety.

[Mike_Ouroumis @MikeOuroumis]

@ospfranco You are totally right! Europe is marketed about its work-life balance but it's very demanding. I left the Netherlands a few months ago and relocated to Vietnam. I don't look back and have plenty of time and peace of mind to work on my own projects. Best of luck with your move!