Vibe Coder's Survival Kit
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Vibe Coder's Survival Kit

The fundamentals you actually need and the vibe coding best practices that keep your projects from falling apart.


Who This Course Is For

Vibe Coders

You use AI to generate code but hit walls you can't debug. This fills in the gaps so you can keep moving.

Non-Technical Builders

You're building with AI tools but have no CS background. This gives you just enough to be dangerous (in a good way).

Anyone Tired of Copy-Paste-Pray

You paste errors into AI and hope for the best. This teaches you to actually understand what's going wrong.


What You'll Learn

Module 1: The Fundamentals You Actually Need -- The baseline knowledge that makes everything else click.

  • How the web works -- HTML, CSS, JS in plain English so you know what AI is actually generating
  • File structures -- Why AI projects turn into spaghetti and how to prevent it from day one
  • Reading error messages -- Anatomy of an error, stack traces, and how to debug real scenarios
  • APIs and data flow -- What APIs are, requests and responses, and why your app keeps breaking
  • Git basics -- Why you keep losing work and the save points model that fixes it

Module 2: Vibe Coding Best Practices -- The workflow habits that separate projects that ship from projects that stall.

  • Prompting for code -- How code prompts differ from writing prompts and what actually works
  • When to accept vs push back -- Code smells even non-devs can spot before things go wrong
  • Project structure -- How to keep AI from creating chaos in your codebase
  • The debug loop -- Read the error, give it to AI, understand the fix, repeat

See the full lesson list


How It Works

Download the Course Materials

Get the course folder. It contains everything you need -- lesson guides, examples, and exercises.

Open Your AI Tool

This course works with Claude, ChatGPT, or any AI coding assistant. Use whichever you prefer.

Work Through the Lessons

Each lesson explains a concept, shows you real examples, and gives you something to practice. No fluff.

Build With Confidence

By the end, you'll understand what your AI is doing, why things break, and how to fix them.


Prerequisites

No coding experience required. This course is specifically designed for people who are building with AI but don't have a traditional programming background.

  • A computer with internet access
  • An AI coding tool (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or similar)
  • Willingness to learn by doing

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