Web Dev with Matt

This wasn't an easy episode to record, but it needed to be done.

In the "Age of AI" or the "AI era", is there a point to learning how to build a web application by hand? When AI tools, such as Claude, Codex, Gemini, Copilot — and so many others — can produce far more code far more quickly than we, as developers, ever could by hand, is (as I hear so many industry heavyweights saying) coding a dying (or already dead) art?

For example, Troy Hunt says:

Given that, maybe this podcast has had its day and should come to an end. But, I don't create the podcast for me. I create it for you, dear listener, and any one else who wants to learn how to build web applications — no matter what their motivation is for doing so. 

So, I need your input to know whether it's worth continuing! If you are still interested in learning how to build web applications, the underlying technologies such as HTTP, HTML, CSS, databases, requests, responses, version control — and so much more, please get in touch and let me know.

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