“Hello World”

I know it’s a cliche, but today feels like the first time I’ve truly worked with technology. I’ve been a nerd, geek, enthusiast or whatever name you want to attach to a kid and now adult who loves all things computer. Today marks a new beginning.

“Hello World” - seems the only appropriate way to say it.

My best friend for as long as I can remember visited yesterday for the first time in many months. He was excited to introduce me to his latest invention. It was a cool new App on his phone that scanned the model number and other identifiers from the label on the bottom of my air fryer and moments later converted that information to a unique solar system floating in space alongside other galaxies that had spawned from simply scanning other home appliances into his phone. He had vibe coded this over the last few hours. Hours!?!

Welp… Guess I better get going down this rabbit hole.

Today came and I’ve blown through the majority of my weekly Claude.ai usage making an app for work, an 8-bit chess game and this very website. I’ve coded a website before, it looked… well it had images and text. I’ve coded a desktop application before, it looked… well it had text boxes and some Windows 95 quality buttons… Those took me days to figure out… all I’ve done so far took day… singular… just day.

The setup: a folder on my machine called MCP — as in Tron’s Master Control Program, though I made it promise to be the benevolent kind. It keeps standing orders in a file it reads at the start of every session, maintains dossiers on each project, and acts as my lead hand: it coordinates any other AI agents we spin up, checks their work, and reports back honestly. I told it, “you will help me build the perfect system.” It seems to have taken that personally.

Next, things got more interesting. First we set up remote control, so I can steer the MCP from my phone while the actual work happens on my desktop at home. Then, to keep with the theme, we created a second agent: Tron. He’s the security program — debugging and stability patrols. He has his own identity disk (a real file, that’s genuinely what defines him), his own rules of engagement, and he files timestamped patrol reports the MCP reads back to me on request. His first report flagged two real issues. The MCP fixed them. I mostly watched.

Finally, the part that still feels a little like science fiction: I told the MCP to build this website. From my phone. While I was away from the house. It ran the domain recon, asked me three questions about what I wanted, installed its own tooling, and scaffolded what you’re reading right now — including drafting this post, which I’ve edited before publishing. (We have a deal about that: it drafts, I make many, many, edits and then approve.)

The plan from here: keep a log of what I learn as this gets more capable, and put every browser app we build into the arcade where you can try it live.

End of line — for now (sorry MCP, I stole your tag line for the first post, you can use it from now on).

-Evrtek