My First Post: From IT Engineer to AI Web Creator For over 30 years, I’ve been deep in the world of IT — working as a LAN Administrator, Systems Administrator, and Systems Engineer. My toolkit was filled with PowerShell scripts, batch files, and all kinds of automation. But one thing I never really touched? Building websites and web apps.

That changed in the last six months.

With the rapid growth of AI tools, I saw something shift — suddenly, the skills I had in automation and scripting could be supercharged. AI wasn’t just a helper; it was a creative partner. It could take my technical know-how and help me build things I’d never tackled before.

Then my six-month contract ended. I found myself unemployed.

Instead of jumping straight back into the job hunt, I went heads down into a project I’ve come to love: BurntAI.com.

It’s a post-apocalyptic-themed AI hub packed with interactive experiments, real-time AI status monitoring, quirky games, and hidden easter eggs. I’ve been using Anthropic’s Claude as my main coding partner — because Claude tends to just make the code — with Gemini and Perplexity filling in when I need a second opinion.

The process is a mix of rapid creation and frustrating roadblocks. Claude’s great until it hits the context length limit right in the middle of solving a tricky problem. Then it’s back to re-explaining, breaking the problem into smaller chunks, and pushing forward.

But here’s the thing: Even with those limits, I can build more now than I ever could before. The speed, the creativity, the sheer ability to take an idea from my head to something people can click on — it’s addictive.

I’ve discovered something important: I’m not just an IT engineer anymore. I’m a creator.

And this is only the beginning.

Jeff