That Vibe Coder
Learn to build professional websites and web applications using modern AI tools and deployment platforms. Master the complete development workflow from AI-assisted coding to live deployment.
Setting Expectations
If you're new to AI web development, you might think it's about replacing developers or churning out template garbage.
That's not it.
AI development is a tool that removes the tedious parts of building websites. You're not cutting corners. You're eliminating busy work so you can focus on solving actual problems.
The code is real. The websites are professional. You're just building them without spending three weeks on setup and configuration.
Market Gap
Here's the problem with web development right now.
Traditional agencies charge thousands of dollars for websites that take weeks or months to build. Most small businesses can't afford this or wait that long. And even after you pay, you don't own the process. Every small change becomes a request ticket.
There's no good middle option. That's the gap. Businesses need professional sites, fast, and they need to be able to change them without going back to the agency every single time. That's exactly what building it yourself solves: you're in control, and you never have to wait on anyone again.
Speed-to-Market
Speed changes when you actually know what you're doing.
A new page, a blog post, a full component. Things that used to take hours are now 10 minutes. The system knows your codebase already. It knows your style. You're not starting from zero every time.
The thing I want you to know about is Claude Skills. You build a workflow once, and it runs forever. Spin up a blog post, scaffold a section, add a component. One command. Done. No repeating yourself.
Stack enough skills and the gap between you and everyone else just keeps growing. Your setup does in seconds what someone else is spending their afternoon on.
Why Claude
Claude is what I use to build everything now. Not because it's the newest thing, but because it actually fits how I work.
I moved away from v0.dev, Replit, and Lovable. They all hit the same ceiling. Costs pile up, you don't own the process, and making changes is more work than it should be.
What makes Claude different is that it lives in your actual project. You make a change, it's there. No exporting, no copy-pasting, no getting kicked out of your own codebase.
Skills are a big part of why I made the switch. Build a workflow once, it runs forever. None of those other tools can do that.
Claude also handles SEO and AI search at a level I haven't seen anywhere else:
- Structures your content to rank on Google
- Gets cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini
- Most people building with other tools aren't thinking about this at all
| Claude | v0.dev | Replit | Lovable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Flat rate | Per token | Per token | Per token |
| You own the code | Yes | Export only | Export only | Export only |
| Custom Skills | Yes | No | No | No |
| SEO + AI Search | Yes | No | No | No |
| Works in your codebase | Yes | No | No | No |
The Actual Workflow
Every site I build runs through the same loop. I open the terminal, talk to Claude Code like it's a senior dev sitting next to me, and we build. I describe what I want, it writes the code, I review it, we iterate. That's it. No context switching between a dozen tabs, no copying from Stack Overflow, no fighting with boilerplate.
When the build feels right, I push to GitHub. That single push triggers everything else. Vercel picks it up automatically, runs the build, and deploys it. SSL is handled. CDN is handled. There's no server to configure, no hosting dashboard to babysit. The site is just live, usually within 60 seconds.
Once this clicks, your whole sense of what's possible changes. Shipping a new page or fixing a bug stops feeling like a project. It becomes as low-friction as sending an email. Here's what the full loop looks like:
- Open your project in the terminal and start a Claude Code session
- Describe what you want to build or fix in plain language
- Review the code Claude writes, test it locally, and refine until it's right
- Commit your changes and push to GitHub
- Vercel auto-deploys: your site is live with SSL and global CDN, no extra steps
Scaling Your Agency
Here's what happens when you stack the workflow, the Skills, and the SEO knowledge together: you stop thinking like a freelancer and start operating like an agency. Every custom Skill you build is a permanent unlock. You do the work once, and it compounds on every project after that.
The gap between you and someone who doesn't know this stuff keeps growing. While they're still copy-pasting boilerplate and guessing at meta tags, you're shipping polished, AI-search-optimized sites in a fraction of the time. That's not a small edge. That's a structural advantage.
You can take on more clients, move faster, and deliver better results without burning out or hiring anyone. Claude Code handles the execution. Your Skills handle the repetition. You handle the vision. That's a completely different business model than most solo devs are running.
When you put it all together, you become the developer AND the strategist AND the SEO expert. One person. One stack. No ceiling. That's the real edge.
Getting Started
You don't need a full stack setup before you begin. You need Claude Code and a project idea. That's the actual starting point. Everything else gets added as you need it.
Here's the tool stack that makes this work:
- Claude Code - the primary tool. You describe what you want to build and it builds it. This isn't a helper, it's the driver.
- GitHub - version control and the trigger for your deploys. Push your code, the rest happens automatically.
- Vercel - hosting. Connects to your GitHub repo and deploys every time you push. Zero config to get live.
Pick one project. Build it. That first project teaches you more than any tutorial because it's yours and it's real. The skill compounds fast once you have that first thing shipped. Don't wait until you feel ready. You get ready by starting.