Build Your First Web App With AI in a Weekend (No Coding Required)
Filippo Pietrantonio
AI Product Builder & CTO
Build a Real AI Web App in a Weekend — No Coding Required
Most people trying to build with AI never actually finish anything.
They start strong, something appears on screen, and then it breaks. They can't connect the pieces. They don't know how to put it online. The project sits in a folder, half built, while the idea slowly fades.
This weekend, you ship something real.
You'll build a social media dashboard with live competitor tracking and an AI post generator, deployed with a URL you can share with anyone by Sunday evening. Not a prototype. A working product, built by you, from scratch.
What you walk away with:
✅ A fully working social media dashboard with your own live URL
✅ Live competitor data pulled automatically into your app
✅ An AI post generator built into your dashboard
✅ A repeatable process to build your next idea
✅ Starter templates and guides so you never start from a blank page
✅ The confidence to call yourself someone who ships
Every session is a live build. You follow along, you build the same thing, and nothing gets left unexplained.
This course is 20% theory and 80% practice
What you’ll learn
Go from complete beginner to shipping a real AI-powered web app in one weekend.
Generate a fully styled social media dashboard using v0 and Cursor
Make layout and design changes in plain English without touching code
Ship an interface that looks like something you'd actually show a client or employer
Pull live competitor data into your dashboard through an external API
Understand how APIs work and what it means to "connect" two systems
Read and handle API responses so your app updates with real information
Wire up fal.ai so your dashboard produces AI generated social media posts
Control what the AI outputs by writing clear, structured instructions
Build a feature that non-developers would assume required an engineering team
Read error messages and understand what they actually mean
Use Cursor to trace, isolate, and fix issues step by step
Recover from broken states confidently instead of abandoning the project
Push your project to GitHub and connect it to Vercel in under 10 minutes
Store API keys safely so your app works in production without exposing credentials
Walk away with a real URL you can share, demo, or build on after the weekend
Use your shipped app in interviews, reviews, or internal pitches
Collaborate more effectively with engineers and technical teams
Continue building internal tools or products after the course
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Who this course is for
Aspiring Founder
You are a non-technical founder with an idea who wants to build and test a real web app without hiring a developer.
Operator or Marketer
You are a product, ops, or marketing professional who wants to build internal tools and prototypes
Solo Builder
You are a non-dev with clear ideas but limited budget, looking to build and ship web apps yourself using AI.
Prerequisites
Basic familiarity with AI tools
You should be comfortable typing prompts into ChatGPT or Claude. That's genuinely all that's required.
A laptop or desktop computer
You'll need this to run Cursor and build your project. Windows and Mac both work.
Pro subscription to Cursor
This is the only paid tool (and with the highest leverage) you need to build AI apps. The Pro subscription is just $20/mo
What's included
In-session build time
you build the actual project during class, not just watch
Written step-by-step guides
pre-weekend setup, finish-your-UI, and ship-your-app guides with screenshots
Office Hours
Optional sessions for live debugging and Q&A
Certificate of Completion
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Testimonials
Filippo has a rare ability to simplify what feels complex and make it immediately actionable. He combines deep technical understanding with a very human, practical way of teaching that makes you feel like building something real is actually within reach. If there’s anyone who can guide non-developers from zero to a working app in a weekend, it’s him.
Betta Maggio
CEO & Founder – U-Earth BiotechIdeal blend of operator knowledge with integrations - mastered web before AI kicked in hard and accompanied the development and hyper growth of the use of AI
Joao Fernandes
VC Fund Manager – Plug and Play
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