Dad with no coding background built a 3D globe for his kids with Claude Code — now it's in classrooms
monoloni · reddit · 2026-11-06
A dad with zero coding background built My Earth Toy, a free ad-free 3D exploration globe, using Claude Code (Opus 5.5) for his two boys aged 9 and 6. It went viral and is now used in classrooms worldwide.
- 830+ 3D landmarks, 470+ walking/swimming/flying animals with a collectible animal dex
- 180+ ridable cars, trains, ships and planes, real day/night with city lights, and a trip to the Moon
- Location-guessing game, quizzes, a daily landmark puzzle; supports English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Indonesian
His workflow: the kids request features, he describes them to Claude, and the boys remain the lead testers. After a few days of play, his son's geography knowledge beat most adults'.
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