Van Horn: I haven't shipped code of value since high school
Matt Van Horn · The Claude Code Skill My Smartest Friends Use · Feb 4, 2026 · at 22:09
Matt Van Horn, creator of the 'Last 30 Days' Claude Code skill, discusses his non-technical background while giving advice on using AI coding tools.
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“I'm not a software engineer. I have not shipped anything of value since high school and could argue the web pages I was shipping in high school were not a value either, but at least I could write some basic HTML or some basic scripts.”
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