Everyone's talking about AI.
You have no idea what they're saying.
That's okay. Neither did I.
You've tried to learn this stuff.
You watched a YouTube video titled “AI Explained in 10 Minutes.” Twenty minutes later, you were more confused than when you started. The comments said it was “so clear.” You wondered if you watched the same video.
You asked ChatGPT to explain itself. It responded with a wall of text that used the word “parameters” eleven times. You nodded like you understood. You did not understand.
Every article assumes you already know the basics. Every tutorial skips the part where they explain what the words mean. Every door has a password you don't know.
It's not that you're not smart enough. It's that nobody's explaining it for people like us.
A year ago, I was you.
I'm Steve. A year ago, I didn't know what an LLM was, couldn't tell you the difference between a prompt and a parameter, and thought “fine-tuning” was something you did to a guitar.
Then I watched one video that got me hooked. And I went down the rabbit hole. I started learning about AI tools, then using them, then building with them. I taught myself to code using AI assistants. I built real, working applications — from scratch — using nothing but AI and stubborn curiosity.
I didn't go back to school. I didn't get a certificate. I just kept going until the jargon stopped being scary and started being a language I could actually speak.
Now I want to help you do the same thing. Faster. Without all the confusion I went through.
SpeakNerd is the guide I wish I had.
No textbook definitions. No “well, technically...” explanations. Just plain English breakdowns of the AI terms and concepts everyone throws around — written by someone who had to learn them the hard way.
If you can understand a bar conversation, you can understand this.
Here's the path.
Three steps. No PhD required.
Learn the Language
Browse 50+ AI terms explained like a human wrote them. Because one did. No Wikipedia energy here.
Explore the glossary →Know the Tools
Understand what ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and the rest actually do — and when to use each one.
See the tools →Build Something
Go from “I don't know code” to shipping a real app. I did it. You can too.
Get the bootcamp →Every week, one AI concept. Plain English. 60 seconds.
No spam. No jargon. Just one thing explained so well you could explain it to someone else.
Start with these.
A few AI terms you've definitely heard — finally explained.
LLM
Large Language Model
The brain behind ChatGPT. It read the entire internet and now it guesses what word comes next. Really, really well.
Prompt
The thing you type into AI
The instruction you give an AI. Better prompts = better answers. It's like asking good questions at a bar.
Vibe Coding
Building apps with AI assistance
Writing code by describing what you want to an AI, then letting it write the actual code. It's how I built my first app.
Hallucination
When AI makes stuff up
When AI confidently tells you something that's completely wrong. Like that friend who never admits they don't know.
API
Application Programming Interface
A menu that lets apps order from other apps. Your weather app uses an API to ask a weather service for the forecast.
SaaS
Software as a Service
Software you pay for monthly instead of buying once. Netflix for apps. The holy grail of tech businesses.
Ready to speak nerd?
Start with the glossary. Or grab the cheat sheet. Either way, you'll finally know what people are talking about.