Cursor Chicago: Tiny Builds, Big Impact

🌟 Not everything you build with AI needs to be a web app!

A lot of Cursor content focuses on shipping big full-stack applications, but this event is all about the small, useful things you can create in just an hour, an afternoon, or a weekend. Whether it's a script that saves you 5 minutes a day, an HTML file you update over time, or a CSV of important data you revisit occasionally, these tiny life improvements are the builds that often go unnoticed but are used daily.

🤔 Curious about using AI but don’t have the next great startup app idea? This event is for you! The goal of building software is to find and remove friction in your life. With AI, you’ll start to notice many little problems worth solving.

💡 What will you be building?
Start with a problem you actually face: data you keep track of in your head, a workflow you do manually every week, or something you Google repeatedly. The output could be an HTML page, a CSV, a Python script, a cron job, or any automation that solves your issue. We’ll have a small panel sharing examples from our own lives, and you’ll likely leave with a list of ideas you hadn’t considered before!

🏢 Our Host:
Space and support for this Cursor community event is provided by Protiviti, a global consulting firm that helps clients transform, protect, and respond through deep expertise in technology, finance, audit, risk, and more. Protiviti has served over 80% of Fortune 500 companies, as well as numerous high-growth businesses and government agencies.

With over 20 years of history in the area and more than 700 employees locally, Chicago is home to Protiviti's inaugural AI Studio and the firm’s national hub for learning and development programs. Protiviti is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).