Save your work (GitHub)

GitHub is a free website that keeps a copy of your project. You want it before the AI starts building, for two reasons:

1. Undo. If the AI breaks something or deletes a file, you can go back to the last version that worked.
2. Backup. If your laptop dies, your project is still safe online. Later, GitHub is also how your project gets onto the internet.

You don't need to understand how it works inside. You need an account and one project saved there. After that, your AI helper can do the saving for you.

Do these in order:

1. Create a GitHub repo. A "repo" is a project folder that lives on GitHub. About 10 minutes.
2. Keep secrets out of GitHub. One small file that stops passwords from being uploaded by accident. Do it before you use any API keys.

Only if GitHub asks you for a password when you save: set up a GitHub SSH key or a GitHub token.

Doing the spreadsheet guide? You can skip this board for now.