Hey, happy Tuesday, and welcome back to the Create With newsletter! ✨
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For those with a job, thank God it's pay day. For those who are indiehackers, keep the faith!

Let's get right to it.

🔎 Preview: In today's issue

• LLMs and why they're important for none-technical founders
• The newest Create With podcast episode with Kieran and James
• We pit Deepseek against ChatGPT to find the best free AI assistant

😣 Explain like I'm 5 (Jargon Buster)
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are AI systems trained to understand and generate human-like text. They are super-powered auto-complete systems that can write, summarise, translate, and now reason based on patterns they’ve learned from massive amounts of text.

For non-technical founders, LLMs mean you can automate content creation, enhance customer support, generate ideas, and interact with customers in a smarter way—all without needing to code or hire an expensive AI team.

Why Is This Technology Different?

Traditional AI or even Automation systems follow strict rules—if X happens, do Y. LLMs, however, learn from billions of words across the internet, allowing them to respond in a flexible and natural way.

This makes AI-powered tools much more accessible and adaptable. They can write and interact very close to how a human might

What Do You Need to Know?

1️⃣ LLMs are powerful but not perfect. They can generate incorrect or biased responses, so build in human verification

2️⃣ Customisation matters. Fine-tuning or prompt engineering can make AI work better for your specific needs. (Oops more jargon 🫠 )

3️⃣ They aren’t one-size-fits-all. Choosing the right model (open-source vs. commercial) depends on your use case. More on open source in the next section

The main LLMs are OpenAI with the GPT models, Anthropic, Google Gemini. However, Deepseek is the latest LLM to catch the headlines.

Read below 👇

🔊 On your radar

⭐️ Opensource model Deepseek is hitting hard (check our comparison video below)

👉 This matters because having openAI's 01 capability running locally on your laptop for free; hugely disrupts the 'You need to pay $200/month to use cutting edge ai' model by openAI.
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Apart from being handy for cash strapped indie hackers; it also shifts how you think about picking technologies when building your products.

Jeez, it's number 1 in the app store.

⭐️ OpenAI released 'Operator'. A way to get ChatGPT to do tasks online for you. Monkey See, Monkey Do instructions.

👉 This matters because it's another huge step forward in automating our workflows that are highly specific. Channing Allen explains how it will transform writing his newsletter.

⭐️ 'NoLoco' just completed it's launch week ​

👉 This matters because it shows NoCode products are still shipping; even if they're struggling to cut through with all the AI hype. It included features such as in-built column ai functionality (summarisation etc) and AI suggested fields.

⭐️ Don't miss the recently released 'Intro to AI agents: Building your digital workforce' course by Create With friend, JJ Englert. The course launches on March 1, 2025, and the first 100 people can save $50 with the code AIAGENTS.

🗓️ First podcast of 2025 is live

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In this episode, James & Kieran dive into: Building at the intersection of no-code, code & AI.

There's real examples from their latest projects, why "hybrid code" might be the future and a first look at the 2025 Create With Conference.

Plus, a fascinating discussion on mixing tools like Bubble, Supabase & AI-generated code to build better products. Whether you're a no-code creator, traditional developer, or somewhere in between - this one's for you!

Watch on Spotify Youtube​

🗓️ Tips & Tutorials

Looking to understand what all the buzz is about with DeepSeek AI?

In this video we put DeepSeek head-to-head with ChatGPT's free version to see what they're really capable of.

We test both AI assistants on real-world tasks like crafting cold emails, whipping up LinkedIn posts, creating a coffee shop business plan, and breaking down a podcast transcript.

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We're bringing back the leading AI & NoCode conference to London this year!
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We're currently finalising our first lineup for speakers, workshop hosts and other surprises. You'll wont want to miss it so make sure to add May 22nd to your calendars!

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📣 Let us know what you would like to see at this year's event by replying to this email

🎟️ Grab your early bird ticket if you haven't already here
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📍 Final thoughts

It's ok to say NO this time

it means you can say YES next time

With good vibes 👋
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The Create With Team ✨