Build a Web App with AI in 5 Videos | Step 3: Supabase
Step 3 of 5: Set up Supabase — your database in the cloud. By the end, you'll have a real production database (free tier handles up to 50,000 users), authentication, and storage, all ready to power your app. Same backend I use for Site Scan.
Last video, your dev environment got connected. This video, your app gets a place to store data, handle logins, and serve information to users.
📍 COMPANION PAGE (everything in one place):
https://controlsuite.ai/the-solo-buil...
📺 BUILD A REAL WEB APP IN 5 VIDEOS:
✅ Step 1: GitHub — • Build a Web App with AI in 5 Videos | Step...
✅ Step 2: Dev Environment — • Build a Web App with AI in 5 Videos | Step...
✅ Step 3: Supabase (this video)
⬜ Step 4: AI Builds Your App — • Build a Web App with AI in 5 Videos | Step...
⬜ Step 5: Deploy to Vercel — • Build a Real Web App in 5 Videos | Step 5:...
▶️ Watch the full series as a playlist:
• Build a Real Web App With AI in 5 Videos
🛠️ WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Sign up for Supabase using your GitHub account
Create your first project on the free tier
Generate and securely store your database password
Connect Supabase to GitHub for streamlined workflows
Tour the dashboard: tables, auth, storage, SQL editor, API keys
💡 WHY SUPABASE:
Built on Postgres — the same database powering most of the modern web
No vendor lock-in (unlike Firebase) — you can take your data anywhere
Free tier is real production capacity: 500MB DB, 1GB storage, 2GB bandwidth, 50K monthly active users, 2 projects
Scales with you — no migration headaches later
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 — What you'll have by the end
0:19 — What Supabase is (and why not Firebase)
1:02 — Sign up with GitHub
1:38 — Create your first project
2:23 — Connect GitHub to your project
4:17 — Dashboard tour: tables, auth, storage, SQL editor
🔗 LINKS:
Supabase: https://supabase.com
Pricing & free tier: https://supabase.com/pricing
🎬 WATCH THE STRATEGY VIDEO:
This 5-video tactical series is a companion to "How I Built a SaaS in 2 Weeks With AI" — where I show you the strategy and decisions behind building Site Scan. Watch that first if you haven't: • How I Built a SaaS in 2 Weeks With AI (Rea...
📱 ABOUT THIS CHANNEL:
I'm Ed Bordi — The Solo Builder. I'm 58, I spent 30 years in enterprise software, and now I'm building real SaaS products solo using AI. This channel shows you exactly how.
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🌐 MORE:
Companion page: https://controlsuite.ai/the-solo-buil...
Site Scan (the SaaS I built with this stack): https://sitescan.controlsuite.ai
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