I built cyberplain with Hermes — here's what actually went down

This is a submission for the Hermes Agent Challenge: Write About Hermes Agent

A few weeks ago I decided to build a cybersecurity education site. I was a complete beginner in the space. I knew the terms — phishing, malware, zero trust — but not the depth behind them. I wanted to learn, and building something real felt like the fastest way to do that.

As a developer, I could have built the entire site myself. But I wanted to try something with Hermes—that was the goal. So instead of writing the code, I decided to see how far I could get by directing an AI agent to build the entire system.

Here's the honest account of what that looked like.

The project: Cyberplain