Read each step, do the action, then hit Got it → to unlock the next one. Checkpoints ask if it worked — be honest.
Here's exactly what you're building: A web app where you type a topic — say 'why most people never learn to code' — hit generate, and 30 seconds later there's a real vertical video playing in your browser. Animated text. AI voice. Your style. Export to MP4. Upload anywhere. Three layers: 1. The renderer — Remotion compiles React components to video, frame by frame, in the browser 2. The voice — ElevenLabs converts your script to speech that sounds like a real person 3. The brain — Claude reads your topic and writes the script automatically You own all three. No subscriptions. Run it forever.
“I built the first version of this in a weekend. Not because I'm fast — because I had a clear picture of what I was building before I started. That picture is this lesson.”