# About

Build Here teaches you to build: see a problem, try fast, look at what it changes, and pass it on. It is for people who want to start, builders who want to get better, people growing a team, and people who back them.

Building is not only for engineers. Support, sales, design, finance, operations, community work: wherever someone improves a situation, they are building. And with today's tools, AI first among them, anyone can build far beyond their own trade.

## Who writes it

I've been building since 2000. I built SiteDynamic, a CMS sold around the world from 2002 to 2007, then co-founded and rebuilt the relaunch of the French marketplace 2xMoinsCher from 2011 to 2014. From 2016 to 2025, I co-founded Afrikrea, now ANKA, and built it as CTO: Africa's largest e-commerce export platform, with over $80 million in sales across 175 countries.

## Why this book exists

I went looking for builders, and mostly saw the ones my network made visible. I took that filter for a measure of the level around me. That was my mistake. This book starts from that correction: concrete practices for building, getting better, and getting others to build.

## Where to start

The [four paths](/paths/) give you a direct way in. Every card reads on its own, in a few minutes.

The [builder test](/builder-test/) gives you your level, from 1 to 5, based on what you did in recent months, and a move to try. Without an account, your answers are sent nowhere. The [method](/test-method/) explains how the level is calculated.

## Where the ideas come from

The book draws on proven practices and on texts the [annotated reading list](/already-written/) lets you find. The scenes are constructed to illustrate; the [reading guide](/how-to-read/) explains how to read the cards.

## Sending feedback

On a card, "Did this help?" flags what helps or what is missing. It needs JavaScript, not an account.

Give the card, the passage, and what your context changes. A precise counter-example helps as much as a correction.

You can also reach me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luc-b-perussault-diallo-99525519). On GitHub, the [issues](https://github.com/luuuc/build-here-book/issues) and [discussions](https://github.com/luuuc/build-here-book/discussions) are open. For a translation, write to me first: someone may already be on it.

## Reusing and adapting

The book is under [Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Share it and adapt it, including for a workshop: credit the source, say what you changed, and share your adaptations under the same licence. The [licence text](/license/) is the reference.

The [source repository](https://github.com/luuuc/build-here-book) holds the text, the site, and the checking tools. That is where you propose a correction or an adaptation.