We Can Build by Sarah J Mercer, founder of Nimble Tech

We Can Build

Build your own tools with AI.

I'm Sarah. I believe there are many smart, capable people who could be building their own software but are stuck on the launchpad. I'm on a mission to change that.

Sarah J Mercer

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In which I build a habit tracker in 2 minutes, and show you what it's made of.
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In which I build a habit tracker in 2 minutes, and show you what it's made of.

A ten-minute build that takes the mystery out of HTML, CSS and JavaScript — and out of what 'running locally' actually means.

23 June 2026 · 6 min Read →
I spent my whole career thinking software was for other people. Here is how that changed.
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I spent my whole career thinking software was for other people. Here is how that changed.

How a lawyer with zero coding background started building her own tools, and why I'm passing it on.

15 June 2026 · 4 min Read →

Ideas I'm chewing on

Lesson 1 is up. Here's the rough shape of what might come next. The order will shift, some of these might turn into something else, and a few new ones will probably appear.

Next up

A small everyday tool

A decision log, a converter, a "what should I cook" picker — same shape as the habit tracker, different use.

A bit later

Tools that remember things

The step from one-shot HTML to "my tool remembers what I told it last time".

The big one, maybe

A passive time recorder

The tool that started all of this for me. Still the destination.

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Nimble Tech
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Don't want to build things yourself? Check out Nimble Tech's library of tools.

I run Nimble Tech alongside this. It's where the tools I've finished and polished actually live, ready to use straight away. Built mostly for lawyers and the firms they work in, all aimed at taking the dull bits off your plate.

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