---
title: "My book is out"
description: "The Code Was Never The Hard Part is out today on Kindle. Who it's for, what's in it, and what changed between the announcement and the launch."
date: 2026-10-15
image: "/uploads/2026/10/my-book-is-out-hero.jpg"
categories:
  - "Product"
  - "Method"
  - "AI"
---

The Code Was Never The Hard Part came out on Kindle today. You can get it [on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HCR9XMLZ), or start with chapter one, which is free on [neverthehardpart.com](https://neverthehardpart.com/?utm_source=glauser.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=launch-post).

I [announced it in August](/thoughts/i-wrote-a-book). A lot of small things have changed since then, so this is what you're actually getting.

## Who it's for

Someone who can build a working product with AI, often for the first time and usually next to a day job. You have more ideas than weeks, or you already launched something and heard nothing back.

If you've already figured out the building, the book covers the parts around it. Which problem is worth your weeks, how to find out if anyone wants it, how to launch without an audience, and how to read what happens after.

## What's in it

Fourteen short chapters in four parts. Choose is about picking a problem and talking to the people who have it. Shape squeezes what you learned onto one page, then turns it into a price, the words on your landing page and a look people trust. Ship covers planning with AI, building a small first version and launching it. Run is about keeping it going once the launch is over.

Each tool comes with a short exercise, so your own idea goes through the method while you read. Chapters two to thirteen end with a short summary you can come back to when you're building.

Most of the stories are mine, including the company that reached half a million users and failed anyway. Some come from other builders: a taxi app in Hong Kong, a game made by one person that ended up in Tesla's cars, a YouTube network that reached real ad revenue within months, and a Mac utility that has sold for over twenty years.

## What changed since August

About a dozen people read drafts, and I wrote about [what they changed](/thoughts/what-my-beta-readers-changed) two weeks ago.

The change I like most is in chapter two. Choosing a problem used to come down to five questions. One of the last readers pointed out that the book treated the whole thing as a calculation, when what actually carries you through the weeks where nothing works is liking the work. So there's now one more question next to the five: does this give me energy?

## If you read it

It's Kindle for now, which works on a Kindle or in the free Kindle app on your phone or computer. The paperback comes later.

If you read it, I'd like to hear what you think, especially about the parts that didn't work for you. And if it helped, a short review on Amazon makes a real difference for a new book.