Build a delightful app · Web Dev Challenge S2.E13

Sponsored by Intuit — Build a small, full stack web experience that’s so utterly delightful people can’t help but share it. We can’t predict what gains momentum online, but sites that go viral tend to have some common traits: they do something unexpected and fun; they’re designed to be extremely shareable; they show a novel use of tools and technology. Your challenge is to come up with something — funny, fascinating, or otherwise — that has all the right elements of a viral landing page. For inspiration, look at Neal Agarwal’s work on neal.fun (https://neal.fun/), Lynn Fisher’s porfolio (https://lynnandtonic.com/work/), or the many experiments of Tim Holman (https://tholman.com/) — and then imagine what might be possible using all the tools available to us today. ## The Sponsor: Intuit *Intuit is looking for builders.* There’s no required tool in this episode. Intuit wants to see what you do when you get to build your way. If you're a builder and looking for your next role, check out Intuit's open jobs: https://jobs.intuit.com/ *THE DEVS* *Team Coastal Coders II* - Ryan McGovern https://tekgadgt.omg.lol/ - Austin Galyon https://www.linkedin.com/in/austingalyon/ *Team Amphibioso* - Zeu Capua https://bsky.app/profile/zeu.dev - Corbin Crutchley https://bsky.app/profile/crutchcorn.dev *Team Coding Shamans* - Moses Samuel https://linkedin.com/in/moses-samuel - Derek Meegan https://derekmeegan.com *THE ADVISORS* Damion Wright https://www.linkedin.com/in/damionjwright/ Jason Lengstorf https://jason.energy/links ## The Apps *Team Coastal Coders II (Ryan & Austin)* - live link: https://incomparable-pasca-609389.netlify.app/ - source code: https://github.com/austingalyon/pantry-party *Team Amphibioso (Corbin & Zeu)* - live link: https://tadpole.social/ - source code: https://github.com/crutchcorn/tadpole *Team Coding Shamans (Moses & Derek) source code* - live link: https://digigarden-pi.vercel.app/ - source code: https://github.com/MosesSupposes/digigarden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get early access to new videos, exclusive bonus content and other perks, and join me in building a happier, healthier, friendlier web dev community! https://codetv.dev/support ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:00 In this episode... 0:30 Welcome + the challenge 1:01 Required tool + meet your advisor 1:46 Rules of the challenge + planning phase starts 2:55 Meet Team Amphibioso (Zeu & Corbin) + their app idea 4:34 Meet Team Coastal Coders II (Ryan & Austin) + their app idea 6:13 Meet The Coding Shamans (Moses & Derek) + their app idea 9:36 Build phase starts 11:10 Progress check ins 16:16 Late stage check ins 20:11 Intuit is hiring! 20:38 Team Coding Shamans app demo 24:26 Team Amphibiosos app demo 28:48 Team Coastal Coders II app demo 32:41 Reflections on the challenge 35:47 Outtakes and credits