If you’re vibe coding with Claude Code or Codex and your projects are starting to get real, it’s time to start using GitHub. This video is a practical intro to GitHub specifically for solo developers. No team collaboration complexity, just the essentials you need to version your code, back it up to the cloud, and prepare to connect deployment platforms.
I walk through the core concepts (repos, branches, commits, pull requests) using simple folder analogies, show you how to create your first repository, and explain a straightforward three-branch workflow (dev → staging → main) that keeps your code organized without overcomplicating things. I also cover how to connect GitHub to web-based coding agents so you can start pushing versions of your software right away.
By the end, you’ll have the vocabulary and the setup knowledge to start versioning your projects, and to ask smarter follow-up questions to Claude or ChatGPT when you need to go deeper.
