AI Development Series

How I Built a Full Website (MiniBreaks.io) With AI

A comprehensive 10-part series documenting my journey of building a complete website using AI tools. Learn from real-world experience, challenges, and practical solutions.

Series Overview

Follow along as I document every step of building a full website: MiniBreaks.io with AI assistance. From initial concept to final deployment, learn the real challenges and solutions. Hopefully this can encourage anyone to give AI a try to build a complete website. (A complete website means a website with multiple pages, navigation, authentication, email, APIs, database, SEO, etc.)

Part 3 12 min read Published

Choosing Your Tools & Setting Up

Introduce the minimal set of tools needed: ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot/Cursor, and Hugging Face. Walk readers through creating a GitHub account and setting up their first repository, even if they're non-engineers.

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Part 4 10 min read Published

Crafting Your Idea & MVP with AI

Guide readers through brainstorming ideas with AI and defining a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Show how to prompt AI to focus on what matters most. Homework: Write down your MVP in one paragraph.

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Part 5 12 min read Published

Designing Your UI/UX with AI

Explore how to use AI for wireframing, generating page layouts, and writing user-facing copy. Homework: Draw or describe your main page's layout based on AI suggestions.

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Part 6 15 min read Published

Writing Code with AI Assistance

Dive into the actual coding process with AI. Cover best practices for prompting, code review, debugging, and maintaining quality while letting AI do the heavy lifting. Build your foundation before adding advanced features.

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Part 7 15 min read Published

Adding Advanced Features with AI

Learn how to enhance your website with authentication, email functionality, and database integration. Step-by-step instructions and examples for wiring these features to your UI.

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Ready to Start Your AI Journey?

Join me as I share the complete process of building a real website with AI tools. Learn from both successes and failures along the way.