How to Build your Personal Operating System with Claude Code
What if your daily life ran on software you built yourself—tools designed around exactly how you think and work?
Join Bethany Crystal, founder of Build First and a longtime vibe coder, for a hands-on session on using Claude Code to build your Personal OS: the custom scripts, workflows, and mini-apps that replace the messy patchwork of productivity tools most of us cobble together. No CS degree required.
Walk away with:
A framework for spotting automation opportunities in your own routines
Hands-on experience building a custom tool with Claude Code
Practical prompting techniques for non-technical builders
A starter Personal OS you can keep iterating on
Perfect for: Professional women curious about Claude Code but intimidated by the terminal, operators drowning in tools that almost-but-don't-quite fit, and anyone who's ever thought "there should be an app for this."
Bethany Crystal is a technologist, educator, and founder of Build First, an AI learning lab focused on helping non-technical people become confident builders. She has spent 15+ years working across startups including Stack Overflow and the Uniswap Foundation, VCs like Union Square Ventures, and foundations including Tech:NYC.
Bethany is especially interested in learning-by-building, fractional careers, and how AI reshapes how people learn, collaborate, and create. She has been vibe coding her own apps for over a year, which has included two iOS apps, MuseKat and Scribblins, which she built for her kids.
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