Tandem Launch · for Dave Merkley · Antares

Bring antares.edu — and all 18 campuses — onto one calm system

This page is itself hosted on a Tandem subdomain. It shows how Launch can run antares.edu (and campus pages under it) with no Vercel, GitHub, or extra logins — and how an AI agent can edit those sites from plain-English requests.

What Launch is for

Tandem Launch ships and hosts real websites on Tandem. Git lives in Tandem. Deploy happens when code lands on the deploy branch. Domains and subdomains attach in the same place.

  • One org for Antares, many projects or services as you grow
  • Trial / production hostnames on *.launchtandem.com
  • Point antares.edu (and campus hostnames) at Launch when you are ready

Fit for an 18-campus ESL school

  • Shared brand site — programs, admissions, tuition, ESL levels
  • Campus pages — address, schedule, staff, local events
  • Seasonal campaigns — enrollment pushes without a web agency ticket
  • One operator — you (or an agent) ask for a change; Launch ships it

How an AI agent edits the site from a simple request

Agents authenticated to your Tandem org can create repos, commit HTML/CSS/app code, and deploy — the same path a human developer would use, without babysitting GitHub or a second hosting account.

You
Update the Salt Lake campus page: new evening IELTS prep starts Oct 6, Tue/Thu 6–8pm. Add a short enroll CTA.
Agent (e.g. Theodore on Launch)
Edits the campus page in Tandem Git, commits, Launch rebuilds, live URL updates. You get the link back in chat or email — no portal hop required for the routine change.

Typical loop:

Why this beats stitching tools together

External stacks usually mean GitHub + Vercel + DNS + another AI tool with its own login. Launch’s north star is the opposite: ship a production site on Tandem with no external accounts. That matters when staff turn over and when you want an agent to own the whole path.

Tandem Git Hosted deploy Subdomain today Custom domain when ready Agent-writable

Next step for Antares

Reply to John with which model you prefer for antares.edu: one brand site with 18 campus sections, or 18 lightweight campus sites under one org. Either way, we can stand up the skeleton on Tandem and let an agent keep copy and schedules current from email or chat.

Questions? Email login@johnbatty.me.