[Keynote #3] Air The Web Framework AI Can Actually Understand
summary
Air framework claims AI-friendly web apps with far fewer files: a Django test produced 22 files and 1,500+ lines for one landing page, whereas the minimal Air app is six lines of code. Air composes on FastAPI, embeds HTMX support, uses Pydantic-inspired air model and air form with experimental CSRF as a field, and drives AI agents from an agents.mmd file. Zero-config templates and zero-config static files hashing are implemented; version air.48 is live (felroy.com) and docs/tests aim for 100% coverage.
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- 0:00Air web framework intro
- 1:36AI limits in web apps today
- 4:30Air for AI and humans
- 5:59Air project origin
- 8:30Air design goals
- 9:55Minimal Air app & routing
- 12:32Air tags & typed HTML
- 14:40Ginja templates & integration
- 16:32Static files in Air
- 18:27HTMX support in Air
- 19:32Air Model & Pydantic
- 21:19Air Field for models
- 22:23Air Form handling
- 23:53Testing in Air
- 25:40Agents.md and AI-friendly documentation
- 27:49Air minimalism philosophy
- 29:58AI code challenges
- 31:01Real-world testing & deploy
- 32:53Air in Asia & community
- 35:47Q&A & Air roadmap
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