Personal software is here, and you can build yours this week. Grab the setup guide: two routes, four files, every account.

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• Nate B. Jones declares the “era of personal software” is here, empowering non-developers to build custom solutions for unique, recurring problems (e.g., real-time ferry tracking, home automation) that commercial products won’t solve, made accessible by AI coding.
• The guide stresses making deliberate, early decisions about the software’s “shape” (e.g., web app, native app, background service – the “five kinds of personal software”), data storage, access, and initial scope, to avoid common pitfalls like App Store taxes or accidental data exposure.
• For non-technical users, Nate recommends starting with “Lovable” as the shortest path to a working interface, and provides a setup guide that includes “seven plain-language questions” to define the project and “four files” to ensure AI builders present critical decisions upfront.