Built a Winamp Visualizer with Claude, Zero Code Skills
A developer with no coding experience collaborates with Claude AI to build a functional Winamp-style music visualizer, demonstrating how AI assistants can
Someone built a custom Winamp-style music visualizer from scratch using Claude without knowing how to code.
Turns out you can just tell Claude what you want and it’ll walk you through the entire build process. In this case, they went from “I can barely use a microwave” to having a working audio visualizer in 24 hours.
The approach:
- Described the goal (recreate Winamp visualizers)
- Admitted zero coding knowledge upfront
- Let Claude generate the code step-by-step
- Iterated when features didn’t work (like rhythm detection)
The final version apparently used audio physics research from MIT that Claude pulled together. No Frankfurt nightclub VJ experience or ITT Tech degree required.
Pretty wild example of how conversational coding has gotten. Instead of learning JavaScript and Web Audio API from scratch, just describe what’s broken and let the AI refactor it. The “I don’t know how to code” barrier basically disappeared.
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