Building My First Web App with the Help of AI

Introduction Since the beginning of 2025, AI agents have made dramatic progress. We're now living in a time where you can simply share an idea with an AI, and it will generate an application for you. Although I’ve been casually programming for both work and fun, I had never created a full-fledged web application before. Web apps seemed a bit intimidating to me because of all the technical hurdles involved—authentication, databases, deployment—especially compared to command-line tools. But thanks to the power of AI agents, I was able to build my first web app, and I’d like to share my experience. The Web App: tokei-api

Mar 23, 2025 - 12:10
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Building My First Web App with the Help of AI

Introduction

Since the beginning of 2025, AI agents have made dramatic progress. We're now living in a time where you can simply share an idea with an AI, and it will generate an application for you.

Although I’ve been casually programming for both work and fun, I had never created a full-fledged web application before. Web apps seemed a bit intimidating to me because of all the technical hurdles involved—authentication, databases, deployment—especially compared to command-line tools.

But thanks to the power of AI agents, I was able to build my first web app, and I’d like to share my experience.

The Web App: tokei-api