I'm Hix.

I build under Hixon.Studio — a place to test ideas, ship them publicly, and figure things out in the open.

How I got here

Back in February 2026, I started getting pulled deeper into AI and the tech world in general. It started with curiosity. I was trying to understand what OpenClaw was. That led me to API keys. Then tokenization. Then agents. Then MiniMax. Then Claude. Then Claude Code.

Somewhere in that rabbit hole, my entire perception of what is possible changed.

I don't come from a traditional software background. I work a software production job in the medical field. I had little real experience with Python, full coding environments, or building software from the ground up. So when I first started seeing what these tools could do, it felt almost unrealistic.

But Claude Code changed everything for me. It made the technical side of building feel less like a locked door and more like a language I could slowly learn how to speak.

What I've learned

A lot of people call this “vibe coding.” I understand why. But after months doing it every day, I don't think it's simply easy or hard. It rewards patience. Clear thinking. Having an actual vision for what you want to build, how you want it to work, and how you want the end user to feel when they use it.

Prompting is communication. You have to understand how these models interpret what you're asking, how they structure their output, and how specific you need to be to get the result you actually imagined.

Anyone can generate code. Not everyone can decide what should exist, why it should exist, who it's for, and what it should feel like.

The other side

It's a lot harder to get rich off a vibe-coded project than people make it sound. Coding isn't always the hardest part anymore.

The harder part is what comes after — getting people to notice it, understand it, trust it, use it, and care enough to come back.

We could have millions of builders making useful, life-changing products. But if they can't get them in front of people, a lot of great ideas will still disappear.

Building is one side. Distribution is the other.

What I build with

Claude CodeGPT-5.5Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwindSupabaseGSAPElectronPython

Claude Code daily for building, navigating codebases, and mapping out projects. GPT-5.5 for visual direction, layouts, color, and helping shape how things feel.

Elsewhere

Where I'm headed

AI lowered the cost of trying. It didn't remove the need for taste, patience, direction, or persistence — it made those things matter more.

The question is no longer “Can I build this?” The better question is: “Am I willing to spend the time, tokens, patience, and energy to figure it out?”

That's what Hixon.Studio has become for me. A place to build, test, learn, fail, improve, and share the process publicly.

— Hix