3 Days
·Cohort-based Course
This is not a vibe coding course. Learn how to build production-level software with AI tools.
This course is popular
6 people enrolled last week.
3 Days
·Cohort-based Course
This is not a vibe coding course. Learn how to build production-level software with AI tools.
This course is popular
6 people enrolled last week.
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Course overview
Days 1 and 2 combine live coding demos with guest speakers from leading AI companies (OpenAI, Cursor, Sourcegraph, Linear). Day 3 is a hands-on hackathon with real-time support to work on projects at work.
Students get access to a private Discord community with instructors and AI-forward engineers and LIFETIME ACCESS to all materials and recordings.
Do these questions sound familiar?
- How can I manage context windows effectively when building complex features?
- What’s the real difference between coding with AI and just using autocomplete?
- How do senior engineers actually use AI in production environments?
- How can I maintain quality with AI-generated code?
- How do I turn meeting notes into working code without losing context?
If you or your team aren’t getting the most out of AI in your development workflow, this course is for you. It’s a hands-on program built for software engineers who want to level up—without wasting hours chasing scattered tips online.
Day 1 — Fundamentals of AI Software Engineering
The day begins with Vignesh introducing a practical framework for building software with AI: Explore → Plan → Build.
Participants will learn how to turn raw meeting notes into working code without losing context, manage context windows effectively, and apply the workflow in real scenarios.
The day concludes with a live coding session where Vignesh builds a complete production feature, giving attendees a clear, practical path to using these tools.
Day 2 — Advanced Workflows & Guest Speakers
The focus shifts to advanced workflows, rules, and features—including the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Guest talks will feature leaders from top AI coding companies, along with respected engineers sharing their unique workflows. Attendees will gain actionable insights they can adopt without needing to sift through hours of YouTube or X content.
The day ends with an integration workshop to bring these tools together into a cohesive workflow.
Day 3 — Hackathon & Implementation
The final day is dedicated to applied learning. Participants will work on real features from their production codebases—or side projects if preferred—using credits provided as part of the course.
Throughout the day, Jason and Vignesh will host office hours to pair on workflow tips and provide hands-on support. The hackathon wraps with project showcases, structured debriefs, and key takeaways attendees can immediately bring back to their teams.
By the end of this course, you'll be shipping features in hours that previously took days, with the confidence to incorporate new AI coding tools as they come out.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
Jason has taught over 570 professionals through his course Systematically Improving RAG Applications, earning a 4.8-star rating and recognition as one of Maven’s top AI instructors. His teaching is trusted by engineers and leaders from top companies and research institutions including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Netflix, and Stanford, where alumni are actively applying his frameworks in production today.
The results speak for themselves:
"I took Jason's RAG course in Cohort 3 and found it to be an information-dense, practically useful LLM course. It skips the hype and focuses on real tools and patterns you can apply. Jason’s cross-industry experience brings valuable perspective on how retrieval systems are being used in production to drive real outcomes. Solid course if you're looking to learn how to build a RAG system with a systems mindset - something that evolves over time rather than a one-off implementation." - Nishant, Staff Analytics Engineer, Netflix
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Engineers, tech leads, and hands‑on managers who want examples of how to build with AI for production use cases.
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Engineers who don't have hours to spend on YouTube and X trying to figure out what works and doesn't work.
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Engineers who are skeptical about how AI can help improve development workflows.
Building agent plans to organize complex code changes
Using AI to build out CLIs and scripts to help you be more productive
Seeing how some of the best AI native teams in the world use AI
Supercharging your AI, IDE, or agents with MCPs and other tools
Live sessions
Learn directly from Vignesh Mohankumar & Jason Liu in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Oct
15
Introduction & Foundation
Oct
15
Conversation to Code
Oct
15
Explore, Plan, Execute
Oct
15
Live Coding Workshop
Oct
15
Wrap-up, Q&A
Oct
16
Kickoff & Announcements
Oct
16
Guest Speaker from Linear [Jori Lallo]
Oct
16
Guest Speaker from Sourcegraph [Graham McBain]
Oct
16
Guest Speaker from Cognition
Oct
16
Guest Speaker from OpenAI [Dominik Kundel]
Oct
16
How Cursor Builds Cursor [Lee Robinson from Cursor]
Oct
16
Claude Code [Jason Liu]
Oct
16
Integration Workshop: Putting It All Together
Oct
16
Group Discussion & Wrap-up
Oct
17
Hackathon Kickoff & Orientation (Eastern)
Oct
17
Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours
Oct
17
Hackathon Kickoff & Orientation (Pacific)
Oct
17
Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours
Oct
17
Project Showcase (Eastern)
Oct
17
Structured Debrief (Eastern)
Oct
17
Course Wrap-up (Eastern)
Oct
17
Open Hacking & Instructor Office Hours
Oct
17
Project Showcase (Pacific)
Oct
17
Structured Debrief (Pacific)
Oct
17
Course Wrap-up (Pacific)
Paul Klicnik
Kiran Cherukuri
Vignesh is an independent consultant working on Applied AI. He works with companies to get AI shipped to production within 30 days. He also helps upskill engineering teams on AI usage.
Previously, he was a founding engineer at Drift (acquired $1.2b), an early conversational AI startup. He later led the growth engineering team as a staff engineer.
Jason has built search and recommendation systems for the past 6 years. He has consulted and advised a dozens startups in the last year to improve their RAG systems. He is the creator of the Instructor Python library.
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Join an upcoming cohort
October Accelerator
$1,200
Dates
Payment Deadline