The beginning of a journey
Back in tech with AI. Four ways to create, written in public, taught for free. Mistakes, costs, and what I’m learning.
Learning in public
Rodrigo ES Porto
I build with AI, write it down, and teach for free
I work as a ride-hailing driver and I build AI agents and sites that take work off my plate. If you’re not technical and you still want these tools, this site is for you.
Hi! 👋
Who I am
My name is Rodrigo ES Porto, born in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, and I have a degree in Information Systems. I spent a long time in sales and commercial representation, then I worked in quality, training and audits at an American multinational. Today I work as a ride-hailing driver and I build AI agents for my company. I never coded as a job; I’m coming back to tech through study and AI.
Now
What I'm building
I’m assembling a simple stack of agents and tools: Hermes on the laptop and in the cloud, Grok in the app and on X, Grok Build to turn a description into an app, Grok Bot (one of them is called Darth), Gemini inside Google Antigravity (this site was built there), Cursor for code, and Hugo with Cloudflare to publish. I want to keep learning and to teach it, for free, to people who are still new to this.
This website
in progressA public learning journal in PT and EN, built with Hugo and with help from AI agents.
Free guides
coming soonStep-by-step tutorials, from zero, for people who want to use AI in daily life and at work.
Agent projects
labReal experiments with AI agents: automations, scripts and small apps.
How I work
My AI workflow
- I define the goal in plain language. Before opening any tool, I write what I want and how I will know it worked.
- I ask the AI for a plan. I read it, question it and only approve it when I understand every step.
- I let the agent work, in small steps. Each step is tested and saved in git.
- I review and learn. I keep asking “why?” until I understand what was done.
- I document and publish. What I learned becomes a post here, so you don’t have to struggle the same way.
Current kit
Tools I use
Hermes
agentsHermes Agent on the laptop (Hermes Desktop) and in the cloud (Hermes Cloud): agents for company tasks and a newsroom that helps me write.
Grok
AIIn the app and inside X, for questions, research and getting ideas unstuck.
Grok Build
appI turn an idea into an app just by describing what I need.
Grok Bot
assistantsAssistants that run tasks for me. One of them is called Darth.
Gemini in Antigravity
code editorGoogle’s AI editor where this site was built.
Cursor
editorWhen a project needs real code.
Hugo + Cloudflare
siteA fast static site, published through Cloudflare.
Why I share
Learning in public
Learning in public means showing the process, not only the result. I publish what I am studying while I study it, even when I don’t know everything yet.
- AI in practice: real tests, with prompts, mistakes and fixes.
- Agents day to day: how I use Hermes and Grok Bot for repetitive tasks, organization and writing.
- From zero to a live site: the step by step of this site, built with Gemini in Google Antigravity, Hugo and Cloudflare.
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