About

Chandler Nguyen.

Ad exec turned AI builder. 18 years in advertising, self-taught at 40, 4 AI products shipped. Still learning, still shipping.

The Journey

Key milestones from advertising to AI

2023-06-28
First Chatbot Built
Built my first chatbot with ChatGPT as my guide. Zero coding knowledge, just following instructions. Used TextEdit on Mac to write code!
2023-11-29
7 Andrew Ng Courses Done
Completed 7 Andrew Ng courses: ML Specialization, ChatGPT Prompt Engineering, and more.
2024-08-21
Still Learning, Still Stuck
Took React, Django, Full Stack courses. Made progress but couldn't get streaming to work.
2025-08-10
DIALØGUE v1 Launch
Launched AI podcast generator after ~6 months of building. 10+ Cloud Run microservices, real users.
2025-11-03
STRAŦUM Launch
Launched 9-agent marketing platform in 75 days. 1,000+ commits, 200k lines of code.
2026-02-05
Blog Backend Rebuilt in 4 Days
Rebuilt entire blog backend with Supabase, pgvector embeddings, and Ask Sydney RAG chat using Claude Code.
2026-02-12
Native Newsletter + Bot Protection
Replaced Beehiiv with custom Supabase + Resend newsletter system. Added Cloudflare Turnstile to Ask Sydney and subscribe forms.
2026-03-15
AI-Native Media Operations Course Launched
Built and launched a 7-module course solo — ~3 hours of video, 16 templates — using the same AI operating model it teaches. The product I needed after Andrew Ng's courses.