Let’s explore some development basics for aspiring vibe coders, shall we?! In this episode I break down what a web app actually is, explain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in plain language, and get into two things that tend to get gatekept online: deploying your app so you can use it from anywhere, and setting up a database. It’s not the sexiest stuff to learn, but it’s super helpful to learn some of these basics instead of just asking Claude to make stuff and hoping for the best.

• Curmudgeonly coders and vibe coding context
• Karpathy's definition of vibe coding
• What you inevitably learn from consistent vibe coding
• Web development and web app definitions
• HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Why understanding these three helps
• Deploying your web app
• Vercel for hosting
• Databases and Supabase
• How I used AI this week: a blur privacy Chrome extension…that didn't work

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• (00:00:05) - Prompting Curiosity: The AI Curious
• (00:00:37) - Web Development Basics for Aspiring Coders
• (00:02:47) - Forget Vibe Coding
• (00:04:29) - Basic concepts of web development
• (00:05:22) - Web Application and Web App
• (00:07:56) - Basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• (00:11:14) - How to Deploy a Web App (In 2 Steps!)
• (00:15:16) - Database Basics
• (00:17:17) - AI to Vibe Code, a Chrome Extension
• (00:20:33) - The Curious Companion: Rating and Review