Building This Blog with Antigravity: A Meta Reflection

Full disclosure: This blog—the one you're reading right now—was built in a single session with Antigravity, Google's AI coding assistant.

Not "helped by." Built by. With me as the director, not the developer.

The Process

I started with a simple idea: I wanted a place to share essays that felt right. Minimalist. Intellectual. A space for thoughts that didn't fit in 280 characters.

I told Antigravity what I wanted. It asked clarifying questions. Then it started building.

Here's what we created in one evening:

• Custom Static Site Generator - Python-based, clean and minimal
• User Accounts - Real authentication via Supabase
• Personal Libraries - Save posts, add private notes
• Reading Progress Tracking - Automatic "Read" badges
• Email Notifications - Auto-send to all users when I publish
• Custom Domain Deployment - Live at doesthisfeelright.com

Total time: About 4 hours. Total lines of code I wrote myself: Zero.

What This Means

I'm not a professional developer. I know enough Python to be dangerous, enough HTML to be annoying. But I had an idea and I had access to a tool that could turn ideas into reality.

This is the future we're walking into: Creation without credentials.

You don't need to know how to code to build a platform. You need to know what you want to say and how you want to say it. The implementation becomes a matter of good communication, not technical skill.

The Collaboration

Working with Antigravity wasn't like using a tool. It was like pair programming with someone who:

• Never gets tired
• Never judges your changing requirements
• Instantly researches best practices
• Implements features in minutes, not days

But here's what was interesting: I still had to know what I wanted.

The AI didn't decide the site should be minimal. I did. It didn't choose the intellectual aesthetic. I did. It didn't write these essays. I did.

Antigravity gave me leverage. But I provided the vision.

Long-Term Goals for This Blog

Now that the platform exists, here's what I'm building toward:

1. Consistent Publishing

At least one essay per week. Maybe more. The infrastructure is there—now I need to show up with ideas.

2. Community Building

The user accounts and email notifications aren't just features. They're the foundation of a community. People who save posts are signaling interest. People who add notes are thinking deeply. I want to nurture that.

3. Evolving the Platform

This is v1. Future ideas:

• Comments or discussion threads
• Reader submissions
• Curated collections
• Audio versions of essays

4. Exploring AI-Assisted Creation

I'm curious about the boundaries. Can I use AI to help research? To structure arguments? To challenge my thinking? Where does collaboration become plagiarism? I want to work this out in public.

5. Transparency

I'll continue to be open about how this site was built and how I use AI. This post is step one. More to come.

The Bigger Picture

This blog is one small example of what's possible when creation tools become accessible. But it raises questions:

• If anyone can build anything, what becomes valuable?
• Is the idea the new code?
• What skills matter when technical execution is commoditized?

I don't have all the answers. But I'm excited to explore them here.

Join Me

If you haven't already, create an account and save this post. You'll get an email every time I publish something new. No spam, no ads, just essays.

Because the real test isn't whether I can build a platform. It's whether I can build something worth reading.

Let's find out together.

— Isaac