Hello World: Building with Google's Antigravity

Google has officially launched its next major leap into AI: Antigravity, an AI-first IDE. It was the perfect excuse to finally tackle a project I’ve been putting off for ages—building my personal website. And the best part? I’m writing this first blog post having barely touched the code myself.

About Antigravity

Following their acquisition of talent and IP from Windsurf, Google has packaged that expertise into a powerful fork of Visual Studio Code. It delivers a first-class agentic AI experience, driven by their new Gemini 3.0 model.

It’s currently available as a free tier download here. While it doesn't support enterprise capabilities just yet, Google is reportedly preparing to bundle it into their Gemini Code Assist offering soon.

Creating This Website

For months, I’ve toyed with various static site generators, template engines, and frameworks. I’d get hyped, run through tutorials, but ultimately abandon them. They all felt like overkill.

I’ve always loved the simplicity of static websites—full control over the code, hosting flexibility, and none of the bloat of a heavy CMS. But designing a site from scratch? That felt like a mountain of work. Modern CSS is incredibly powerful, but it’s also a rabbit hole where it’s easy to lose focus on what actually matters.

Enter Antigravity.

It turned out to be exactly the tool I needed. It helped me build a sleek, modern design with features I genuinely wanted—like Markdown support for blog posts—without forcing me to spend hours digging through documentation to tweak minor visual details.

I didn't write the code; I collaborated with Antigravity. I told it what I wanted, and it did the heavy lifting.

This site is simple—just HTML, CSS, and a touch of JavaScript—but I’m genuinely impressed by what Gemini 3.0 and Antigravity can achieve. The way it can test and debug issues directly via its browser extension is mind-blowing and actually made the process fun.

This is still a work in progress, and I’m not sure where I’ll take it next, but it feels great to finally have a solid foundation.