AI tools for makers: what is new in November 2026
Gemini 4 Carbon and GPT-6.1 Terra, a price change on 1 December, the free AI plans for code and projects, and what to check before you trust an answer.
Code you can copy: web, WordPress and small tools, with the reasoning shown.
Gemini 4 Carbon and GPT-6.1 Terra, a price change on 1 December, the free AI plans for code and projects, and what to check before you trust an answer.
Can AI help make a Commodore 64 game worth playing? How I built Van Helsing: A Night at Castle Dracula with Claude, automated tests, test players and play-testing.
The new AI models and maker tools from the last six weeks, what you can use free in the UK, and what to check before you trust the results.
Put a working Commodore 64 on a web page with a WebAssembly engine: the bare page, loading programs, keys, joysticks, sound and the WordPress plugin.
Make free QR codes for links, Wi-Fi, email, phone numbers and texts. Static codes that never expire, with PNG and SVG downloads and code for your own site.
The traditional first program: where "hello, world" came from, what it means, why it is still the first test of a new language, and the program in 21 languages.