~15 minutes · Before session 1

Before We Begin

A short list of accounts to set up before our first session. About fifteen minutes in total. Getting this done in advance means we can spend our hour together building, not signing up for things.

What it'll cost you

The only ongoing cost is $20 a month for Claude — the AI that writes your code. Everything else is free. Your database, your hosting, the film data — all of it. No surprises.

The four accounts

01

Claude Pro $20/month

The AI that builds your apps. You describe what you want; it writes the code.

  1. Go to claude.ai and sign up
  2. Click Upgrade and choose the Pro plan
  3. Keep your login details handy — you'll use them in our first session
02

GitHub free

Where your project files live online. Like cloud backup for your code.

  1. Go to github.com and click Sign Up
  2. Use your personal email and pick a sensible username
  3. Verify your email
03

Supabase free

Your app's database. Everything your app remembers lives here.

  1. Go to supabase.com and click Start your project
  2. Click "Continue with GitHub" — uses the account you just made
  3. Click New Project, name it "reel"
  4. Set a database password and save it somewhere safe (you'll need it later)
  5. Choose the London region
  6. Click Create and wait about a minute
04

Vercel free

Where your app will live on the internet so anyone can visit it.

  1. Go to vercel.com
  2. Click Sign Up, then "Continue with GitHub"
  3. That's it

Quick checklist

  • Claude Pro subscription active
  • GitHub account created and email verified
  • Supabase project created (London region, password saved)
  • Vercel signed in via GitHub

If anything goes wrong

Don't fight it on your own. Message me before our session. We don't want to spend our hour on account signups — we want to spend it building.