Hello Reader!​

The discussion women should be having about AI shouldn't be about if, but when. And when is now. I've been using AI to vibe-code apps that I never thought possible. Apps that can protect my personal privacy, grow my business, and teach my kids. Through LLMs, we have access the largest research library ever known, and women are missing out because they feel guilty using it or fear it. But this technology is going on with or without us. We are important in shaping not only its future but our own.

Luckily, we have a long history of creating technology...

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Women Who Built the Technology You're Using Right Now

Here's what they didn't teach you in history class:

Ada Lovelace (1843) wrote the first computer algorithm, before computers existed. Lovelace published notes on Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine that included a step‑by‑step algorithm for computing Bernoulli numbers, widely regarded as the first published computer program

The ENIAC programmers (1940s) - Six women whose names you may not don't know: Betty Holberton, Jean Jennings, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kay McNulty, Frances Spence, and Marlyn Meltzer all programmed the first electronic computer. They were called "computers" themselves because computation was considered clerical work (women's work). Their programming created the foundation for modern computing.

Hedy Lamarr (1940s) An actress invented frequency-hopping technology that helped lay conceptual groundwork for WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth. In her spare time. While being dismissed as "just a pretty face."

Grace Hopper (1950s) invented the first compiler or linker and pioneered the idea that code should be readable by humans, not just machines. She made programming accessible.

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson (1960s) calculated the trajectories that put humans in space and on the moon. Dorothy taught herself and her team FORTRAN when IBM computers arrived; she knew to adapt or become obsolete.

Radia Perlman (1980s) invented the spanning tree protocol that makes the internet possible. She's called the "Mother of the Internet" but most people have never heard of her.

Women wrote the code. Women made machines talk to humans. Women calculated the impossible. Women built the foundation the technology you're using to read this.

And then? The industry became male-dominated. The narrative shifted. Tech became "for boys." Women were erased from the story they helped write.

Now AI is here. And once again, women are being told: "This isn't for you. This is complicated. This is technical. This is for the experts."

Well, that is absolutely ridiculous.

The women who came before you didn't ask permission to revolutionize technology. They learned it, shaped it, and used it to change the world.

Your turn.

AI isn't something happening TO you. It's a tool you can use, shape, and direct toward what YOU want to build.

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Feel

I've been talking about feelings physically lasting only 90 seconds for over a year now. I even created an email course teaching people how to better navigate those dramatic seconds to a healthier emotional life. But I can't sit with you for those 90 seconds. I can't remind you every time you finish my newsletter and life happens. I needed an app. And thanks to Claude, I now have one.

Meet the Feel Change Build app!

​Feel Change Build - Transform Your Life in 90 Seconds​

Under Feel, you'll find a 90-second timer to help you with those harder-to-deal-with-emotions. Give it a try and let me know what you think! I'd love any user feedback to improve it before I share it with the world.

Now I'm sharing this app for free. I didn't pay an engineer to go through my code, and I don't have a database set up to collect info. I know my limitations as a vibe-coder. But the fact that I was able to create something useful and exactly how I wanted makes me feel pretty proud.

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Change

The next part of the app is the Change section which dedicated to a Protective Pattern quiz. Users can take the quiz to find out their most dominant protective patterns and then get results on how to make positive changes in their life to stop these now-destructive behaviors.

​Protective Pattern Quiz​

This was another one that would have cost me $100/month to create and maintain. And I did it with my $20/month Claude subscription. And it's exactly what I needed to serve my audience.

The world is changing, but regular people are being given the chance to change their lives more than they know. You can literally research anything (and have the LLM give you the sources) and use it to improve your life and those around you.

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Build

My kiddos have been building apps, one a trivia game with over 2000 questions and the other a writing platform where they can write and collaborate on stories with their friends. I made a personal health app where I can track fiber intake, intermittent fasting (yet to do that 😂), health habits, periods, and moods. All private. Only stored locally on my phone. Instead of paying monthly for apps that don't meet my needs, I'm creating exactly what I need while learning a skill that will be useful in a career.

Now is the time, ladies. I understand that using all this AI isn't good for the environment, and it feels like it could replace us at work. But trust me, as a creative, I can tell you that AI is not going to replace the human aspects of writing and collaborating. It still struggles with understanding human motivation and emotions.

But it is an amazing assistant! And I never feel guilty for asking it to go back and do it again.

AI is also going to grow and develop with or without us. Corporations and governments are not going to hold back - no matter what they say publicly. Personally, I would rather be involved in shaping AIs future and the one for my kids.

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Thank you for taking the time to read. Please feel free to reach out with any questions about AI or if you need any help getting started!

Have a lovely day! - Kate