In February 2025, one post changed who gets to build software. Vibe coding, describing what's wanted in plain language and letting AI write the code, became a dictionary word within the year, and millions of people who never studied programming started shipping real tools.
This course teaches the durable craft behind the buzzword. It covers spotting buildable problems, scoping a first version small enough to succeed, running the conversational build loop, giving feedback like a creative director, and knowing what the AI does and doesn't know. It's tool-agnostic: the concepts outlast any single product.
The back half turns capability into judgment: verifying that a build actually works, debugging by conversation, understanding the line between personal tools and software that holds other people's data, and running a pre-ship safety check before anything goes public.
By the end, learners can take an idea from itch to deployed tool, explain what mode of building they're in, and recognize the moment a project deserves real engineering.