tools · the cohort workflow

The exact stack we install on your laptop on day one.

No mystery, no vendor lock-in. Every student gets the same AI-native dev workflow set up in our Vizag classroombefore the first session ends — three CLIs, a pluggable adapter, and the editor / hosting / git stack that ties it all together.

TL;DRFull Stack World’s tech stack includes Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Gemini CLI, all unified by a custom pluggable adapter. We use VS Code, GitHub, and Vercel to ensure students ship production-ready code from day one.

the three CLIs

One pluggable adapter. Three providers.

Every cohort builds the same small adapter that lets you swap providers with one env var. You learn to choose the right CLI per task, not lock in to one vendor.

    C

    Claude Code

    Default driver

    Our day-to-day driver. Deep reasoning, careful code, strong at long-context refactors and code review. The CLI we teach first.

    best at: Code review, refactoring, long-context architectural decisions

    X

    Codex CLI

    Test + security passes

    Adversarial-review specialist. Strong at writing tests, finding security holes, and pushing back on confident-but-wrong code from other CLIs.

    best at: Adversarial review, security audits, test generation

    G

    Gemini CLI

    Docs + diff narrative

    The narrative voice. Drafts diff descriptions, README updates, and the human-readable explanation of what a multi-agent loop just did.

    best at: Docs, change narratives, PR descriptions, learning material

the supporting stack

Everything else we set up before the first session ends.

    Terminal + shell

    We set up your terminal with the right shell, prompt, and a handful of aliases so you never lose 10 minutes to a missing PATH.

    zsh · starship · fnm

    VS Code + extensions

    Editor of choice. Set up with formatters, linters, MDX support, and the Claude / Codex / Gemini integrations we use day-to-day.

    VS Code · Prettier · ESLint

    Version control

    Git, GitHub account, an SSH key, and a sensible global gitconfig. You're committing on day one.

    Git · GitHub

    Hosting + deployment

    Your first webpage gets deployed in the first session. Hosting that has a free tier and a working CI workflow out of the box.

    Vercel · Netlify · GitHub Pages

    Cohort comms

    Your private Discord opens on day one and stays open for life. Async questions go there; live sessions go on Zoom.

    Discord · Zoom

    Database + back-end

    We install the lightweight local DB and the small CLI tools you need for full-stack work — SQLite first, MySQL / Postgres later by course.

    SQLite · MySQL · Postman / Bruno

what we don’t use

And a few things we deliberately avoid.

  • ×No vibe-coding tools.We don’t teach you to drag-drop UI “builders” that paper over how the code works. You write the code.
  • ×No proprietary “AI editors” we’d lock you into. We use VS Code (free, open) with extensions you can swap.
  • ×No paid-only chains. Every tool we set up has a free tier sufficient for the course. Production work later may need paid plans, but the curriculum runs free.
  • ×No code-generation we can’t explain.If a tool outputs something you can’t debug yourself, we’ll teach you to debug it before we use it again.

See the workflow live on Saturday.

The free workshop installs the whole stack on your laptop in 30 minutes — bring any laptop, walk out with your first deployed page running on it.

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