PWA

ELI5 — The Vibe Check

A PWA is a website that pretends to be an app. You can install it on your phone's home screen, it works offline, gets push notifications, and looks like a native app. It's not in the App Store — it lives on the web, but it acts like it belongs on your phone.

Real Talk

A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web application that uses modern browser APIs to deliver app-like capabilities: installability (via a web manifest), offline support (via Service Workers), push notifications, and background sync. PWAs are indexed by search engines and distributed via URLs, not app stores.

Show Me The Code

// manifest.json — makes the site installable
{
  "name": "Vibecoder Dictionary",
  "short_name": "VibeDict",
  "start_url": "/",
  "display": "standalone",
  "background_color": "#ffffff",
  "icons": [
    { "src": "/icon-192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png" }
  ]
}

When You'll Hear This

We built it as a PWA so users can install it without the App Store.,PWAs need HTTPS, a manifest, and a Service Worker.,The PWA install banner appeared automatically after 3 visits.