The Non-Engineer Revolution

With agents in the editor, anyone should be able to ship real software: logins, databases, emails—without hiring an engineer.

Gista.js is built for Agentic Coding: token-efficient patterns, consistent shapes, and clear intent that humans and AI read together. Your AI reads less, understands more, and stays on track longer.

Build 100 small apps, not 2 huge ones. Spinning up a database should feel like creating a spreadsheet, but with real UI: forms, navigation, pages that link together. Shipping should feel like hitting "Save" and watching it go live.

Why vibe coding hits a wall

You prompt, AI builds, and it works... until it doesn't. The third feature breaks the first. Auth stops working. You spend more time debugging than building.

Cold starts & context rot

Every prompt starts from scratch. AI picks random libraries, invents new patterns, and loses consistency by prompt three. As conversations grow longer, context fills up, the AI drifts, forgets what it built, and breaks the last thing that worked.

Too many choices

Which database? Which auth? Which UI library? AI decides differently each time, creating a Frankenstein stack that doesn't compose. You end up with three different ways to fetch data and two conflicting state management patterns.

No guardrails

Without opinionated structure, AI guesses. It invents folder structures, naming conventions, and abstractions on the fly. You spend more time debugging its architecture decisions than building actual features.

Environment hell

Homebrew, Docker, Xcode CLI tools, Node version managers, cryptic terminal errors like EACCES and gyp ERR! — most non-engineers give up during setup, not during building. The code never even runs.

Never delegate understanding.

— Charles & Ray Eames

As AI takes over the keystrokes, code literacy flips: writing is cheap, reading is survival. You can outsource the typing. The thinking stays on you.

Problems only take their mask off when you wrestle with them yourself. Skip that and your prompts turn mushy, your reviews go blind, accountability evaporates. When understanding is the last human job, you either own it or get replaced.

Docs for Humans and Agents

Every feature comes with in-app guides written for both you and your AI coding assistant. Clear patterns, consistent conventions — so Claude, Cursor, or Copilot stays on track while you learn as you build.

A stack AI actually understands

Consistent patterns, clear conventions, pre-wired integrations. Your agent reads the same code you do — and stays on track.

Modern Stack

React Router v7 + daisyUI with SSR. Runs locally like a real app, not a sandboxed preview.

Database & ORM

Drizzle ORM with SQLite — local dev, cloud-hosted in prod via Turso.

Authentication

Email/password with recovery and optional Google login. Cookie sessions done right.

Transactional Emails

React Email templates with Nodemailer to start. Swap to any provider when ready.

AI Integration

SSE streaming, reasoning models, and chat UI. Built for OpenAI and Gemini out of the box.

Background Workers

Long-running jobs with realtime status updates. No external queue needed.

And more built-in

Validation
Admin Panel
File Uploader (S3/R2)
Dashboard Sidebar
Multi-Language
Stripe Payments
Mobile Ready
Dark Mode

Graduate from vibe coder to product builder

Non-engineers are the next wave of makers. Gista.js hands them a real stack, clear patterns, and a learn-by-using path while shipping with AI.

$0 to begin

GitHub, Vercel, and Turso are free. Ship a real app with auth, database, and emails — no credit card required.

Zero environment headaches

Three tools on your laptop. Your agent handles the terminal; you stay in the GUI.

Learn by building

Real patterns you can read, tweak, and extend. Grow from copying to understanding.

Own what you ship

Your repo, your database, your deploy keys. Deploy to Vercel + Turso in a minute.

How it works
1
Set up once

VS Code or Cursor, Volta, GitHub Desktop. Accounts on GitHub, Vercel, and Turso.

2
Build with AI

Clone the repo, run pnpm dev. Your agent writes features; you review and commit.

3
Deploy by merging

Run deploy.sh to merge to the main branch. Your app will be live in a minute.

pnpm install
pnpm dev
./deploy.sh

This is who we're building for

You don't need to be a developer to ship real software. If you've got ideas and AI to help, Gista.js gives you the stack to make it production-ready.

Solo & early-stage founders

Ship real SaaS with AI on a stack that doesn't fall apart by feature three—whether you're coding solo or your whole team ships.

Ops, BizOps & RevOps builders

Stop duct-taping no-code automations and spreadsheets. Build real workflow apps your team will love—and actually maintain.

Agencies, freelancers & studios

Your Next.js stack wasn't designed for AI. Ship client apps on an agent-friendly codebase—DRY, token-efficient, with built-in AI docs.

Junior devs & students

Build portfolio-worthy apps, not homework demos. Learn patterns that matter—the same ones OpenAI asks for in their take-home.

Ready to build something real?

Stop debugging AI's mistakes. Start shipping.

No spam. Just the drops when they land.