About
my2tokens is written by Josh. I run a small company called The Promethean, doing consultations, business starts, marketing strategy, digital presence, and app development. My day job is in tech. I'm not an engineer by training, and I didn't come to building through a traditional path.
I started using AI in 2023, mostly ChatGPT, mostly for practical things. Drafting documents, clarifying proposals, small fixes on client websites. I wasn't looking for a new tool. It just kept surprising me. Every time I threw something new at it, it did something I didn't expect. I had no idea how vast the ecosystem was becoming.
That curiosity eventually led me to building real things. A booking app for spas and salons. Client websites in hours instead of weekends. Automations that replaced tasks I used to dread. I'm still learning every day, and the failures are in here too, because that's where the useful information lives.
What this site is
- A build-in-public log from someone who came to this without a technical background and figured it out anyway
- A resource for people who feel behind, overwhelmed, or unsure whether any of this is for them
- An honest account of what these tools can and can't do, including where they break
- A place to think out loud
What this site isn't
- A course, a cohort, or a funnel for anything
- Expert advice. I'm learning in public, not teaching from authority
- A hype machine. I'll tell you when something doesn't work
- Only for people who want to build startups. Most of the value here is for people who just want their work to be less exhausting
What I'm working on
thebookingapp.co — a lightweight booking solution for spas and salons. Built after watching a client get burned by a third-party provider one too many times. Real customers are using it now. The duct tape is slowly being hardened into real solutions.
I'm also shifting toward micro-revenue streams I can automate as much as possible. Small, focused tools that solve specific problems for specific people. The goal is less time trading hours for dollars, more time building things that run while I sleep.
The thing I keep coming back to
I don't think the labels we've used to sort people will hold much longer. Technical, non-technical, builder, non-builder. The barrier is lower than it's ever been. If you've ever had an idea you couldn't afford, or a task you could do better if you weren't so tired, or a frustration you were told was just the way things are — this is for you.
Follow along
The best way is RSS. I publish when I have something worth saying, not on a schedule.