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Amelia
age 11FoundationsAmelia had never written a line of code. Now her friends won't stop using the chatbot she built.
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Used a computer for homework and YouTube. Had never seen a line of code. Her mum signed her up because she wanted something better than the iPad for screen time.
First session, she wrote her first HTML tag and watched it appear in a browser. She literally said 'wait, that's how websites work?' By week six, her portfolio site was live at her own URL and she was showing her teachers.
She learned Python through a game, built a text adventure, then created an AI chatbot — a pirate character called Captain Codebeard who gives life advice. She deployed it as a real web app. Her friends use it constantly. Her mum says she now explains how websites work at the dinner table.
Captain Codebeard — AI Pirate Advisor
amelia.buildersclub.org.ukA chatbot with a pirate personality that gives life advice. Built with Python and the Claude API.