I was giddy about web development when I started a hundred years ago. Anyone could hack at HTML, CSS, and then JavaScript to make whatever they wanted and put it out there for all to see. What a time to be alive!

But then…

When all the build tools and fancy DX showed up, I screamed GATEKEEPING! And dang it, I was right. Snarking at people who are STILL deploying web pages manually via FileZilla FTP? Harumphhh to you.

But now? I’m downright giddy about opening up the web for the normies—again.

bolt.new just created an entire web application (Vue, but whatever) with a single prompt, and I don’t even care that it used TypeScript instead of plain JavaScript. Do what works for you, robot—just build this thing and put it out there in the world.

Here’s the prompt:

Let’s build a web app that includes a map that a user can click, and then a buffer of 1000 meters is created and visualized around the clicked point.

And in literally 5 minutes, it is publicly available at:

🔗 https://buffer-town.netlify.app

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! 🎉