I trained AI to build a Full Stack app for me + a Free Course 🎁


Hey friend,

AI has revolutionized how we should build products. Instead of being scared of it, I'd suggest trying out a bunch of tools and seeing what you like to make you more powerful, I mean productive :P.

I mean, I built this Full Stack Splitwise app from scratch using just prompts and AI – no coding skills required! My Tech Stack - Next.js, ShadCN, Clerk, and all the bells and whistles. I'm blown away 🀯.

I also gave AI my design vision and it designed this beautiful app for me! If you want to learn more about how I did it, check out this videoπŸ‘‡.

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FREE Next.js Hot Tips aka Best Practices Course

ICYMI, I'm launching a completely free Next.js Best Practices Course that will help you level up your Next.js skills with 10 in-depth digestible topics from performance to server components and more.

The course went live yesterday and currently a total of 557 folks are taking the course 🀯.

β†’ Check the Course Curriculum here ↗️​

If you'd like, you can click the πŸͺ„ magical button belowπŸ‘‡ which will automatically sign you up and send you the lessons.

Latest Frontend News

​Next.js Conf ↗️ is around the corner and I want you to sign up if you are interested in staying up to date.

​Next.js RC 2 ↗️ released a few days ago and there are so many exciting changes such as,

You can also watch my video covering all the changes in Next.js 15 RC here ↗️​

A very cool library for NumberFlow, the animation is sick as the numbers change, check it out here ↗️​

A tool with 50+ Input Components ↗️​

You might be accidentally leaking your data with Server Actions, check the in-depth video here ↗️​

​CloudFlare joins forces with OpenNext ↗️ initiative to deploy Next.js anywhere by building a adapter that lets you deploy Next.js on CloudFlare. OpenNext is an initiative to deploy Next.js on any cloud platform.

Learn Self-Hosting Next.js with Lee Rob as he walks you through deploying Next.js to a $4 VPS ↗️​

​Repl + Interactive Debugger all in one ↗️ - Repl is a interactive editor where you can build your apps - think like CodeSandbox or StackBlitz.

​ React DevTools now support Server Components ↗️! [Look at the Server Tag)

In Next.js 15, you'll be able to see server logging (e.g. `console.log`) in the browser (with the same "server" tag).

​ShadCN UI has shipped ↗️ a new SideBar component which is so sick.

πŸ’– Weekly Youtube Videos

Check it out and subscribe to my channel ↗️ for more Frontend, Leadership and Career Development content.

Cursor AI Tutorial for Beginners in 10 minutes! (VSCode killer?)

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Build a Full Stack AI SaaS with Next.js, TypeScript, ShadCN, Payments

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