WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.320 I saw that Codex launched Sites. And when I first saw the news, I was like, is this just a worse version of Replit or Lovable that's just inside Codex? 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:15.625 But the more I dug into it, the more I realized it's actually worth understanding 00:00:15.625 --> 00:00:19.305 how to use it and how to get the most out of it. So 00:00:19.705 --> 00:00:21.625 today is a full tutorial 00:00:21.625 --> 00:00:27.625 on basically what the big announcement is around Codex Sites, how does it compare to the competition. 00:00:28.380 --> 00:00:41.420 We're actually gonna go and live build using codec sites. And through that, I'm actually gonna teach you, uh, basically the best practices for using codec sites. So by the end of this episode, if you stick around, 00:00:41.740 --> 00:00:52.505 uh, I'm gonna teach you how to build a how to build a shell using Codex Sites, how to add memory using Codex Sites, how to add what's called safe actions using Codex Sites, 00:00:52.505 --> 00:00:59.300 and I'll explain what that means in in the episode. How to create skills with codec sites, how to save gate 00:00:59.460 --> 00:01:05.140 using codec sites, and how to prove the loop using codec sites with which makes it, 00:01:05.380 --> 00:01:07.460 uh, work autonomously. 00:01:07.940 --> 00:01:08.900 Let's get into it. 00:01:17.355 --> 00:01:19.835 So what is the difference between 00:01:20.075 --> 00:01:21.355 Codec sites 00:01:21.435 --> 00:01:24.395 and Replit and Lovable and and stuff like that? So 00:01:26.230 --> 00:01:40.390 I will say, Replit and Lovable and and and those and those products are really good if you wanna like one prompt something and it has an editor, it has a database, it has server, it has hosting. A lot of them have connections to domains 00:01:40.470 --> 00:01:41.910 as well too. Like, can just 00:01:42.685 --> 00:01:44.205 register 00:01:44.205 --> 00:01:47.885 a domain within it. Um, so that's really amazing. 00:01:48.125 --> 00:01:51.565 Um, but Codex Sites, if you live in Codex, 00:01:51.965 --> 00:02:03.060 and I'm starting to live in Codex. I mean, I think it was about a month ago I had Riley Brown on the podcast, and I I basically said, like, hey, convince me to use Codex. I'm in the Anthropic ecosystem. 00:02:03.220 --> 00:02:04.820 Convince me to use Codex. 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:12.455 And now I will say it's a part of my daily driver. Yes. I still live in the Anthropic ecosystem, but I'm also using Codex. 00:02:13.015 --> 00:02:13.495 And, 00:02:14.055 --> 00:02:22.215 um, I think that if you are in Codex and you are putting just all your context there, what's really cool about Codex Sites 00:02:22.870 --> 00:02:23.590 is, 00:02:23.670 --> 00:02:27.910 uh, you can actually use that to go and build your ideas, 00:02:28.230 --> 00:02:33.590 your apps, and stuff like that. And what's the coolest part about Codec Sites is it updates 00:02:33.910 --> 00:02:36.630 your, uh, your app autonomously. 00:02:36.790 --> 00:02:37.830 So what does that mean? 00:02:38.925 --> 00:02:42.525 It means that, uh, you can have it, uh, basically 00:02:42.685 --> 00:02:46.205 create a personal website, say, and, uh, you know, 00:02:47.165 --> 00:02:50.605 and let's say, for example, go to my personal website. 00:02:51.485 --> 00:02:53.165 Um, this is a static 00:02:54.250 --> 00:02:56.410 this is a static website. 00:02:56.810 --> 00:03:02.650 So I actually have to go in and and basically, you know, a 100 a 158,000 00:03:02.650 --> 00:03:04.890 people enjoy reading my newsletter, 00:03:04.970 --> 00:03:07.450 but, like, when it becomes a 160,000, 00:03:07.450 --> 00:03:15.025 I have to go and update it. But with Codec Sites, you can actually have it so it automatically updates these things. It automatically creates, 00:03:15.105 --> 00:03:18.625 for example, guides based on my content. It automatically, 00:03:18.705 --> 00:03:24.740 you know, adds to different companies I work on. So it basically is this whole idea around autonomous 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:27.700 product building. I've talked about this on the podcast before, 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:29.620 but the idea around 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:32.020 you're going to have, 00:03:32.260 --> 00:03:38.285 uh, in the future, and and the future is now the present, basically agents going and updating products autonomously. 00:03:38.285 --> 00:03:42.685 But the thing is, it is missing auth. It's missing databases. 00:03:42.685 --> 00:03:45.005 It's missing payments. It's missing email 00:03:45.005 --> 00:03:46.765 sending. It's missing analytics, 00:03:46.765 --> 00:03:55.960 and it's missing a vault for secrets. So a lot you know, if you want something more simple, everything is in there. You're gonna wanna use something like Rapid or Lovable. 00:03:56.040 --> 00:04:01.480 But if you understand a little bit about auth, if you understand a little bit about database, payments, stuff like that, 00:04:02.415 --> 00:04:04.655 and you live in the Codex ecosystem, 00:04:04.815 --> 00:04:08.895 and you are really interested in this whole idea around autonomous apps, 00:04:09.455 --> 00:04:15.535 Codex sites are really, really, really cool. And I also say one thing. Today, 00:04:15.775 --> 00:04:16.495 you can't 00:04:17.440 --> 00:04:19.520 publish these websites, 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.480 at least not to my knowledge, you can't publish these websites 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.520 on your own domain and go and deploy it publicly. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:37.615 These are internal apps that you can share with your team right now. But obviously, that's gonna change very, very, very, very, very soon. So let's get right into it. So I I was thinking that we can create 00:04:38.895 --> 00:04:42.815 a startup ideas OS. So basically, live board with columns, 00:04:43.940 --> 00:04:47.700 inbox, researching, validating, building, and killed startup ideas. 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:50.420 And each card can have an idea, buyer, pain 00:04:50.740 --> 00:04:51.540 proof, 00:04:51.540 --> 00:05:04.365 next step, and score. So this is something that, you know, could be an internal internal tool that I would use. And we're gonna basically try to build it in six prompts. And like I said, as I build it, I'm gonna share, 00:05:04.845 --> 00:05:05.485 uh, 00:05:06.045 --> 00:05:08.285 sort of the big takeaway. So 00:05:08.765 --> 00:05:12.365 the first, uh, first thing we're gonna do, let's go open 00:05:11.750 --> 00:05:12.710 Codecs. 00:05:13.270 --> 00:05:16.550 So I, uh, created a new project here. 00:05:17.750 --> 00:05:20.390 I opened a, uh, a new chat 00:05:20.630 --> 00:05:21.350 and, 00:05:21.510 --> 00:05:25.830 you know, the first thing is, you know, if you wanna actually use sites, you have to 00:05:26.575 --> 00:05:32.015 invoke it at sites. So it works basically as a plugin. So I said build a startup OS. 00:05:32.415 --> 00:05:34.575 Um, I'm gonna go ahead and 00:05:35.535 --> 00:05:36.335 send it. 00:05:36.735 --> 00:05:37.615 Um, and, 00:05:39.060 --> 00:05:41.860 yeah, it works as a plug in. You invoke it there. 00:05:42.820 --> 00:05:45.220 And like I said, not everyone has access to it, 00:05:46.340 --> 00:05:51.940 but I would imagine that access is probably coming really soon for for plus 00:05:52.365 --> 00:05:55.885 plus people. And by the way, I have no affiliation with OpenAI. 00:05:55.965 --> 00:06:03.245 I just think this is a really interesting product, and I wouldn't be making this episode if I didn't think that you can get a lot of value from it too. 00:06:03.645 --> 00:06:08.940 So, um, what is the insight I have for you about this particular prompt 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:13.340 is that, you know, um, well, there's a few things. 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:18.700 Uh, Yeah. Invoke. The way to to to get it going is you wanna invoke sites. 00:06:21.085 --> 00:06:25.005 You wanna actually ask it to use realistic sample data. 00:06:25.485 --> 00:06:36.180 Um, you also wanna save it for review. So I noticed that, um, sometimes when I I prompt it an idea, it'll just try to deploy it. So a 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:39.380 really good tip is to save for review, do not deploy. 00:06:39.780 --> 00:06:41.860 Um, and this basically unlocks 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:51.515 building a real product service, not a homepage. So, basically, I what I'm trying to do by building this is to build that whole idea around autonomously 00:06:52.235 --> 00:06:58.715 being able to edit it and and work on it, um, because that's sort of sort of the dream state for me. 00:06:59.195 --> 00:07:01.835 Um, so let's go ahead and go back to Codex. 00:07:03.010 --> 00:07:04.850 Okay. While that is 00:07:05.330 --> 00:07:05.890 being 00:07:06.850 --> 00:07:08.610 worked on, I 00:07:10.130 --> 00:07:15.330 just wanted to say that if you if you go to the plugin section over here, so you click plugins, 00:07:15.985 --> 00:07:21.985 there's a bunch of plugins that are going to help you make your sites a lot better. Right? So, 00:07:22.305 --> 00:07:25.505 um, you know, a lot of people aren't using these plugins, 00:07:25.585 --> 00:07:29.745 um, but think about, like, Figma. Think about 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.200 Canva, think about HeyGen for avatar videos, 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:34.800 think about Remotion. 00:07:35.200 --> 00:07:36.480 These are a 00:07:36.640 --> 00:07:44.015 bunch of plug ins that could make your ideas for your sites a lot more interactive, a lot more a lot more interesting. 00:07:44.335 --> 00:07:49.295 Uh, another really interesting one that's underrated, I think, is GameStudio. 00:07:50.095 --> 00:07:50.735 So, 00:07:50.975 --> 00:07:58.500 um, you know, one of the biggest problems that people have with vibe coding and agentic engineering is they build something and no one 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:00.660 no one's 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:03.700 no one's going to it. Well, 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:07.860 you know, if you build games, for example, 00:08:08.785 --> 00:08:27.160 that actually generate buzz around what your the bigger you know, the the product you're building, that's a way to get attention, and then you bring those people into your core your core product. Now, of course, that needs to make sense for whatever it is you're building, and this works better with consumer apps. Right? So you go and create a, 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:30.440 you know, a paperboy competitor 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:35.560 that's fun to play, that you can kinda, like, news jack based on a particular 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.200 news topic, and then you bring those people 00:08:38.785 --> 00:08:39.585 into, 00:08:40.705 --> 00:08:53.905 you know, whatever your core experience is. Maybe it's an email newsletter or who knows. But the point is, like, I think a lot of people are sleeping on this idea that you can go and create little apps that could bring them into the core experience. 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.080 Alright. So it's built 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:58.360 the board. 00:08:58.520 --> 00:09:01.000 I think it looks pretty pretty clean. 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.160 Got the inbox over here, researching, 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:06.520 validated, 00:09:06.760 --> 00:09:11.035 building, kill. Definitely not the most beautiful, but clean, 00:09:11.195 --> 00:09:12.235 minimalistic, 00:09:13.595 --> 00:09:15.435 good enough for a first version. 00:09:16.235 --> 00:09:18.155 So let's go back 00:09:19.035 --> 00:09:19.915 and 00:09:20.075 --> 00:09:20.715 keep going. 00:09:21.690 --> 00:09:28.650 So how do we add memory? Right? Because on codec sites, it's it's not gonna add memory without us basically 00:09:28.730 --> 00:09:30.810 getting it to to prompt it. 00:09:31.290 --> 00:09:35.210 So let's go ahead and go back into codecs. I'm copying this prompt. 00:09:36.475 --> 00:09:39.035 So I say, add persistent storage 00:09:39.435 --> 00:09:43.915 so ideas save between visits stay saved between visits. 00:09:44.635 --> 00:09:54.440 Before coding, show me the data model in which records action the app needs. And this is by the way, these prompts are similar prompts that you can use for when you're using Codec sites. 00:09:55.320 --> 00:10:09.335 Um, so it says, I'll use the site's, uh, building guidance here because this is a hosted app with storage. Since you asked for the model first, I'm gonna inspect the existing schema and then layout the proposed records and mutations before touching code. 00:10:11.495 --> 00:10:13.895 So it says it's actually gonna use Cloudflare. 00:10:13.895 --> 00:10:21.250 Right? I'll use Cloudflare d one as the durable store with one main record type ideas. This already matches the project's current direction, 00:10:21.570 --> 00:10:24.690 and OpenAI has d one DB data model. 00:10:25.810 --> 00:10:36.515 So then it goes, and if you if you see here, it says the record the apps need. So it says it needs an idea, one one card on the board, it's thought it stores the full card content, the current column, 00:10:36.755 --> 00:10:38.755 it store, uh, needs the owner email, 00:10:39.315 --> 00:10:40.995 and then these are the actions 00:10:41.395 --> 00:10:49.400 that the app needs. List ideas, add idea, update idea, move idea, scoring the idea, archive the idea, ensure ensure seated. 00:10:50.040 --> 00:10:50.760 Um, 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.760 and then it says, I'll wait for your go ahead before coding the persistent 00:10:55.080 --> 00:10:56.200 path pass. 00:10:57.640 --> 00:10:59.080 So 00:10:58.585 --> 00:11:01.705 this is the the whole idea of safe actions, 00:11:01.785 --> 00:11:03.145 which are, you know 00:11:05.145 --> 00:11:11.145 well, before I get into that, why add memory? Well, because we need for this to be a 00:11:11.700 --> 00:11:23.860 productive piece of software, we needed to remember things. Right? So we wanna make sure that we've got that in there. But the whole idea around safe actions is is gonna be it's it's an unlock because we can be in other chats. 00:11:24.235 --> 00:11:32.955 And because we live in Codex, we can basically say, hey, you know, maybe I'm, like, ping ponging with Codex, and then I it hits me back with a 00:11:33.515 --> 00:11:36.955 an idea, startup idea, and I'm like, oh, this is really good. Let me just 00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:45.460 let me just add add so let me just at add idea and it it'll directly add it to the application, which is so cool. 00:11:46.020 --> 00:11:49.060 So, uh, you're gonna wanna create safe actions 00:11:49.715 --> 00:11:58.035 because, you know, in order to get the most in in order to get the most out of it. So I'm just gonna go ahead and and copy that prompt, create safe actions for add idea, update idea. 00:11:58.355 --> 00:12:00.755 And and the reason, you know, it's important to 00:12:01.475 --> 00:12:13.550 that I, you know, I I I said show me the data model and which record and actions the app needs is, you might not know what safe actions to create, so you you might as well act ask Codex, and it'll give it to you right there. 00:12:14.750 --> 00:12:26.935 So for people, nontechnical people especially like that, you might not know what your safe actions are, you just ask Codex what what they should be. So it says, I'll use the site's building workflow again since this is a worker d one service. 00:12:27.495 --> 00:12:28.215 Um, 00:12:28.455 --> 00:12:34.870 I'm gonna inspect the current action routing and tighten it into an explicit safe action boundary so the agent can only 00:12:35.270 --> 00:12:38.950 call named mutations rather than the arbitrary SQL. 00:12:39.030 --> 00:12:40.950 So you're starting to see that codex, 00:12:41.190 --> 00:12:46.790 it does feel a little more technical than your your Lovable or your Replit or your Bolt. 00:12:48.075 --> 00:12:50.635 But if you can stay with it, 00:12:51.675 --> 00:12:53.595 the output, I think, is 00:12:54.395 --> 00:12:58.395 super, super valuable. Like, the idea that you can have it self 00:12:58.890 --> 00:13:06.330 self update, the the idea that you're in Codex and you can bring in all this stuff from Codex, the idea that you can go into the plug ins 00:13:06.730 --> 00:13:11.130 and and just use all this stuff from the get go. Like, 00:13:11.290 --> 00:13:13.210 these are some of the I mean, 00:13:14.415 --> 00:13:23.695 FAL, AI and image generation, like, so much stuff. Hugging Face, these are all open source models, like, it's all built in from the get go. 00:13:24.095 --> 00:13:25.215 It's pretty sweet. 00:13:25.775 --> 00:13:29.535 So that's completed. So the next thing we're gonna wanna do is create a skill. 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:38.740 So we're gonna copy this here so that the chats, our future chats are gonna know how to use this app. 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:43.060 So create a codec skill called startup ideas admin. 00:13:43.455 --> 00:13:45.695 It should explain how to read the board, 00:13:46.175 --> 00:13:51.775 how to add ideas, how to move cards, how to score ideas, and include five example commands. 00:13:51.935 --> 00:13:54.575 This is something that I think that is 00:13:54.975 --> 00:13:57.055 you know, I I started seeing people use 00:13:57.295 --> 00:14:00.710 codec sites, and they're not using Skills. And I'm like, 00:14:01.030 --> 00:14:08.950 this is one of the greatest parts of of Codex Sites is the ability to create these skills. So you might as well might as well, 00:14:09.350 --> 00:14:10.150 uh, 00:14:10.310 --> 00:14:18.305 start adding some skills to get the most out of your application. So it says, I'll use the skill creator guidance for this since you're asking for a new codec skill. 00:14:18.785 --> 00:14:25.745 I'm gonna read the skill instructions and create StartUp ID as admin in your local skill directories with the board action workflow and example commands. 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:31.180 The skill name is already valid, and the scope is clear. Operational guidance for this board, 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:33.980 and its safe actions. 00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:37.900 So it's gone ahead and created the codec skill. 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.340 It's 00:14:39.055 --> 00:14:46.495 done everything we've asked for, reading the board, adding ideas, updating cards, moving cards, scoring ideas, archiving ideas, five example 00:14:46.735 --> 00:14:49.855 commands, and it says validation pass. 00:14:49.855 --> 00:14:51.055 The skill is valid. 00:14:51.630 --> 00:14:53.310 It's going to be helpful 00:14:53.550 --> 00:15:05.150 for you to actually save gates. What do I mean by that? I mean, you know, the way I think about it is like a video game. Right? Like, you have, like, checkpoints as you go through a video game, and sometimes it'll auto save, 00:15:06.115 --> 00:15:10.595 and you're you're happy it auto save. But the thing with Codex is it doesn't auto save. 00:15:10.755 --> 00:15:16.995 Um, so it's helpful to go in there and just say, hey, just do a checkpoint here before a live URL. 00:15:17.395 --> 00:15:20.275 So, uh, let's go ahead and go back into Codex, 00:15:21.640 --> 00:15:25.480 and I'll say, save this as v one review. Do not deploy. 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:36.975 Confirm build status, storage choice, access setting, and the exact version I should review. And I'll include, by the way, all these prompts, I'll include in this show notes in the description for for people to download, 00:15:37.295 --> 00:15:40.015 um, so that they can go ahead and and 00:15:40.255 --> 00:15:42.735 and as they're building codec sites, they could 00:15:44.255 --> 00:15:53.630 they can go and use some of this stuff. So it says, I'll use the site's hosting workflow for the save only review session. I'm gonna validate the current build, confirm the storage access config, 00:15:53.790 --> 00:15:57.790 commit the latest safe action changes, and then save a site's version without deploying. 00:15:58.335 --> 00:16:04.335 There you go. So prompt is done. It's saved for review. It isn't deployed. The build status is passed. 00:16:04.975 --> 00:16:08.175 Um, the storage choice is still d one. The access setting is custom. 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.520 One thing to note here is at the top right, you can see, like, your whole environment here. 00:16:14.760 --> 00:16:20.440 So you can see all the different changes you've made. You can see if you're working on locally or you're connected to Codec's web. 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:23.080 Here, I'm connected to the main branch. 00:16:24.855 --> 00:16:26.375 And so, you know, 00:16:26.855 --> 00:16:29.655 it's just all all up here on your top right. 00:16:30.375 --> 00:16:37.575 The last prompt I wanna do is the whole proving the loop process. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna grab this prompt right here, 00:16:38.950 --> 00:16:49.830 and I'm gonna say, in a new chat, important important that it's in a new chat, use startup ideas admin to add, here's the startup idea, AI agent SEO grader for local businesses, 00:16:50.070 --> 00:17:00.495 put it in an inbox with a first pass score in the next step. And let's see if it actually can do that. Does it open up a new chat or do we actually have to go and open up a new chat? Let's see. 00:17:01.055 --> 00:17:15.570 It says, I'll treat this as two pieces. Use the new startup ideas, admin skill instructions, and create a fresh chat thread to do the actual board update there. Yes. I'm loading the skill and finding the thread creation tool now. The skill says to only use 00:17:16.450 --> 00:17:17.090 oh, 00:17:17.330 --> 00:17:19.090 look, it's gone and opened. 00:17:19.090 --> 00:17:21.570 It's gone and created the chat. I can open it right here. 00:17:22.305 --> 00:17:24.705 So it says, I'm using the skill. 00:17:25.425 --> 00:17:26.145 Um, 00:17:26.225 --> 00:17:44.620 I'm gonna find out how the local app is meant to run. I'm gonna read the board. I'm gonna add the inbox card and the safe action and verify by reading again exactly what I wanted to do. The project is clean and looks like a Next style app with a worker and a verifiable script. I'm checking the API implementation now so I can call the same local service the app expects. 00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:45.580 The app expo 00:17:46.060 --> 00:17:50.460 exposes exactly the safe route the skill expects. Yeah. So this is doing exactly 00:17:51.245 --> 00:17:53.165 what I want it to be doing, 00:17:54.765 --> 00:17:56.685 and let's see if it works. Alright. 00:17:57.565 --> 00:18:07.350 So the prompt is done. It says done using only the safe board API, which is what we wanted in the action layer. There's no raw SQL SQL, no generic database rights, and no deploy. 00:18:07.510 --> 00:18:10.550 It's gone and did it. It went really, really fast. 00:18:11.750 --> 00:18:13.110 So now I'm gonna say, 00:18:15.350 --> 00:18:16.390 can you publish 00:18:16.630 --> 00:18:19.110 now I'm gonna say, can you publish website and see what happens. 00:18:20.765 --> 00:18:27.005 So it's gone ahead and, uh, deployed it. You'll notice that it's this crazy URL, 00:18:27.005 --> 00:18:33.565 and that's a downside of Codec sites at the moment. I think this is gonna change. That's my prediction. It's gonna change 00:18:33.910 --> 00:18:35.110 hopefully soon, 00:18:35.270 --> 00:18:42.630 whether you're going to be able to have custom domains. But I can go and open it in Codex browser on the right here. It's got auth built in here. 00:18:42.950 --> 00:18:44.310 I do have to sign up. 00:18:44.790 --> 00:18:46.390 So let me go ahead and sign up. 00:18:47.270 --> 00:18:48.230 So 00:18:49.215 --> 00:18:54.575 as you can see, this is exactly what we wanted. We've got the inbox, the researching, the validated. 00:18:55.135 --> 00:18:58.255 Um, if I make it bigger here, I can see more 00:18:58.575 --> 00:18:59.775 the building, the killed. 00:19:02.540 --> 00:19:05.740 And it's got everything I've asked for. Right? Um, 00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:16.345 now, if I want a new idea, I can go and actually create a new idea or again, I can use a safe action to go and do it or I can have it run an automation, 00:19:16.505 --> 00:19:18.905 like, every week to automatically 00:19:18.905 --> 00:19:23.865 add to this board. So we've seen that you can actually do that. Um, 00:19:24.425 --> 00:19:31.240 I can go more in-depth in a future video if people are interested in, like, how to do automations and cron jobs and stuff like that. But you can basically just, 00:19:32.040 --> 00:19:33.240 you know, ask 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:35.480 Codec Sitesco and do that for you. 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.280 And I think what's really cool is that, like, 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:43.000 you know, if you listen to this channel, a lot of us are interested in creating 00:19:43.455 --> 00:19:44.735 startups that, 00:19:45.215 --> 00:20:01.710 you know, we don't need big teams to to manage. Right? And this whole what's so cool about this is we're getting to this with Codec Sites. We're getting to this if you can create agents that go and automatically update based on, you know, different, uh, criterias, 00:20:02.110 --> 00:20:06.910 then and then and it were and these are products that work and are valuable to people, then, 00:20:07.230 --> 00:20:07.870 um, 00:20:08.110 --> 00:20:20.095 that's sort of sort of the dream. So this, you know, is it the most beautiful website on the planet? No. Does it work? Yes. Does it look decent? Yes. Could I get it to a point where it looks beautiful? 00:20:20.575 --> 00:20:21.775 Um, I can. 00:20:22.255 --> 00:20:23.935 And 00:20:25.370 --> 00:20:26.170 and 00:20:26.330 --> 00:20:27.210 that's 00:20:27.290 --> 00:20:28.490 that's pretty cool. 00:20:29.850 --> 00:20:30.490 So 00:20:31.370 --> 00:20:37.290 to to to, like, t d TLDR it, like, are the main concepts to understand in 00:20:37.605 --> 00:20:41.525 within Codec Sites is number one, you're gonna wanna 00:20:42.485 --> 00:20:47.605 ask it to have memory. Right? You know, the app saves data, but without this, 00:20:47.925 --> 00:20:53.365 it's just a demo. So you're gonna have to ask it to to save memory. You're gonna have to ask it to have a database. 00:20:54.380 --> 00:20:57.020 A lot of people are starting to use Convex 00:20:57.020 --> 00:20:57.740 with 00:20:58.940 --> 00:21:01.900 with Codec sites, so it's something to look into. 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:03.580 I imagine 00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.940 that over time, 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:07.740 it's just gonna be easier and easier to use Codec sites, 00:21:08.295 --> 00:21:17.975 But now you do need to prompt it to do a lot of these things. The second thing is this concept called safe action. So this whole idea that you can have approved buttons, 00:21:18.375 --> 00:21:19.095 um, 00:21:19.495 --> 00:21:23.895 and and through that, you can have it 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.900 automate, 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.020 uh, adding, 00:21:25.100 --> 00:21:25.900 removing, 00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:27.740 editing your apps, 00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:34.220 um, so that, you know, you are, as the human being, aren't doing everything, and you don't have to actually 00:21:34.780 --> 00:21:35.500 edit 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:38.300 every, uh, every website or app you create. 00:21:39.155 --> 00:21:40.275 You know? I 00:21:41.075 --> 00:21:44.835 used to run a web design agency. It was one of my first jobs. And, 00:21:45.715 --> 00:21:50.515 you know, one of the things I used to say was, a website is a living and breathing entity. 00:21:51.315 --> 00:21:54.595 It isn't something that you hit publish and you can just, like, 00:21:55.770 --> 00:21:57.050 walk away forever. 00:21:57.530 --> 00:21:58.170 And, 00:21:58.490 --> 00:22:04.250 you know, we're now in this era, 2026, where the agents are actually doing the the the 00:22:04.490 --> 00:22:05.850 updating, the editing, 00:22:06.170 --> 00:22:06.890 the 00:22:07.130 --> 00:22:09.610 removing, and that's through things like safe actions. 00:22:10.325 --> 00:22:20.245 And skills, like use skills with Codex. We saw how how it could be valuable in this in this episode, but a skill is basically this reusable instruction manual 00:22:20.325 --> 00:22:29.270 so Codex knows how to operate the app later. So you're gonna need to create skills so you can use the safe action safe actions 00:22:29.270 --> 00:22:36.790 and so that and obviously, you're gonna wanna store that in the memory so that it, you know, it it it does it safely 00:22:36.790 --> 00:22:39.510 and and is giving the right information. 00:22:39.910 --> 00:22:40.390 So 00:22:41.015 --> 00:22:44.055 all this to say, the wow moment for me 00:22:45.735 --> 00:22:53.575 is is building apps where I could do, like you know, in this example, I could open a new chat and say, add this idea to my startup ideas OS. 00:22:54.080 --> 00:22:59.040 It shows it shows it in the live site updating. Right? So once it's published, 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.880 I could just be like, 00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:02.400 do 00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:08.240 this, and it's gonna add it. Or I can have an agent do it, and it's gonna add it. And it's gonna be all on 00:23:08.675 --> 00:23:11.155 my live website, which is really cool. 00:23:11.875 --> 00:23:16.355 Um, I think that a lot of people are gonna use Codex Sites to make, like, personal web pages, 00:23:16.835 --> 00:23:19.635 to make, like, little apps and stuff like that. 00:23:20.275 --> 00:23:31.020 But I actually think that the the real unlock here is to make products that Codex can keep operating for you. That is what's exciting me about Codex Sites is that it it 00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:38.860 if we can create ideas and apps and websites that are automatically updated, automatically get better, are are autonomous, 00:23:39.165 --> 00:23:46.525 I just find that so so interesting, and I think this is a trend that's only gonna get bigger, better. And it was interesting to see that Codec Sites 00:23:46.765 --> 00:23:48.525 is is leading the charge. 00:23:49.085 --> 00:23:58.020 So, yeah, this has been a inside look as to how to use Codec Sites, what I think is interesting about it, some best practices. 00:23:58.020 --> 00:24:04.900 I hope it's been helpful. I'm just trying to share the most this the new tools that I think are are gonna make, 00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:06.260 uh, increase. 00:24:06.755 --> 00:24:13.395 I'm just trying to share the the new tools that are gonna increase the probability of success for you, whatever it is you're building, 00:24:14.035 --> 00:24:16.195 and just share the best way to use these tools 00:24:16.595 --> 00:24:18.595 and give you ideas along the way. 00:24:18.915 --> 00:24:21.475 If this gave you an ounce of value, please 00:24:22.230 --> 00:24:26.870 like, comment, and subscribe. I'll see you in the comment section. 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