A personal site in one sitting, with an AI pair
Can a site worth keeping go from a written brief to something deployable in a single session?
- 15 Nov 2026
With a clear brief and a file-based content model, an AI coding agent can take a personal site from an empty folder to deployable in one sitting, and the result will be something I'd keep rather than rewrite.
Setup
I wrote a one-page brief covering who I am, the sections I wanted, the design direction and the stack. I handed it to Claude Code in an empty directory, with an instruction to make sensible decisions without stopping to ask about minor details.
What I'm measuring
- Time to first deploy. From brief to a live URL.
- Rewrite rate. How much of the generated structure I end up replacing in the first month.
- Friction to publish. Whether adding a note really is just adding a file.
Log
15 Nov 2026. First version built: design system, eight routes, an MDX content layer, social cards and a feed. The copy is a first draft and needs my own voice.