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

The series so far

Build-along tutorials

I'm just getting started, so the shape of this is still up for grabs. The live posts are below, followed by a handful of ideas I'm thinking about. The order might change, the list might change, and some of these might turn into something else entirely.

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 →
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 →
Not built yet
Next upMaybe

A decision log

A small place to write down a decision and what you were thinking when you made it. Same shape as the habit tracker.

Maybe next Thinking about it
Not built yet
Next upMaybe

A unit / currency / time converter

Whatever annoying conversion you keep doing in your head, but built once and reused.

Maybe Thinking about it
Not built yet
Next upMaybe

"What should I cook?"

A random-picker that takes the decision off your plate. Tiny build, different flavour.

Maybe Thinking about it
Not built yet
A bit laterMaybe

A task list that remembers

A task list your tool actually keeps between sessions — the step beyond one-shot HTML.

A bit later Thinking about it
Not built yet
The big one, maybeMaybe

A passive time recorder

The tool that started all of this for me. Whether it fits a beginners' series is something I'm still chewing on.

Eventually Thinking about it