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Chapter 1 of 15 · Set Up
Get your tools and a running app ready
Everything starts here, on the computer you already own. Before a plan, before a feature, you need someone to write the code and somewhere to put it. By the end of this part your agent is working, your stack is picked, and a real app boots in your browser.
By the end of this part, you can:
- Get an editor, a terminal, and an AI agent running on your own laptop
- Pick a stack and a database your agent knows well and moves fast in
- Go from an empty folder to an app running in your browser
- Put every change under version control, backed up and safe
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- 1.1Workspace: Let's Start Vibe Coding
- 1.1.1Your own computer is enough
- 1.1.2The agent matters more than the editor
- 1.1.3Install one agent and sign in
- 1.1.4Worth adding on day one
- 1.1.5The agent is your only real cost until you deploy
- 1.1.6Meet the terminal, where commands run
- 1.1.7Make a folder and your first file
- 1.1.8Have your agent finish the setup
- 1.2Agent: Meeting Your AI
- 1.3The System: What You Are Really Building
- 1.4Rules: How the Agent Should Behave
- 1.5Existing Code: If You Already Started
- 1.6Platform: What You Are Actually Building
- 1.7Stack: What to Build It With
- 1.8Database Type: Which Database You Need
- 1.9Scaffolding: Blank Screen to Running App
- 1.10Version Control: Never Losing Work
- 1.11Secrets: Handling Keys and Config
- 1.12Remote: Backing Up to a Remote
- 1.13Dependencies: Living on Others' Code
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