Month: February 2025

Using Aider AI coding assistant and Deepseek api I got 10 usable websites made in about 30 minutes. This is just a test of what is possible with AI coding – the only things I did on the websites in the video was add a few images to make them work.

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I think above all this video demonstrates that AI is a tool, but needs proper guidance to get it right.

The Details

I made a script which used Aider:

*I found the problem I had in the video now – no mention of image file format!

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
set -eo pipefail                                                                                                                                                                                                 
shopt -s nullglob
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 # Configure Deepseek API                                                                                                                                                                                         
 export AIDER_MODEL="deepseek/deepseek-reasoner"
 export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY"                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 # Process each website folder                                                                                                                                                                                    
 for dir in */ ; do                                                                                                                                                                                               
     (                                                                                                                                                                                                            
         echo "Building website in: $dir"                                                                                                                                                                         
         images=("${dir}images"/*)
         # Use aider to build website from brief.txt (paths relative to git root)                                                                                                                                                              
         aider --yes-always --no-auto-commits --no-stream --message "$(printf "Make a website (or improve the existing site) using the following instructions. Make sure to use only the images in images folder (they are always named img img1 img2 etc) when building the site. If any other images are referenced, remove them. Do not leave the website unfinished, add placeholder content where an unfinished element would be always. \n\n%s" "$(cat "${dir}brief.txt")")"  "${dir}index.html" "${dir}script.js"  "${dir}styles.css" "${images[@]}"
     )                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 done                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 echo "All 10 websites built successfully!" 

This used in particular the brief.txt in each website folder. here is an example from the video:

Custom Candle Maker: Wants a moody, scent-driven design with a product carousel, an ingredient transparency section, and a "Build Your Candle" form (wax type, fragrance, color). Mentioned competitors using "slow-motion pour videos" but prefers static images to save costs.

The 10 prompts were made using Deepseek chatbot, which I asked to create customer requirements for the 10 videos – with variety.

Conclusion

The AI does a good job but needs a lot more information than the vague short prompts I actually gave it. In a real-world scenario with an actual customer I would most likely be much more specific, with better results no doubt.

It was fun to watch, however!