Fadimantium

Vibe Coding for Designers and Product Managers

Erik Fadiman

20 years as a Professor of UX Design and Web Development

Learn how to think like a programmer and use natural language prompts to describe your desired outcome.

Introduction to vibe coding and why it's so important

Compare the top vibe coding tools and which ones are best for designers and product managers.

Demystify the current crop of vibe coding tools

We'll use natural language prompting to describe our desired outcomes and see a working prototype in ten minutes.

Build and launch a simple app in ten minutes

I'll take 30 minutes to answer questions about which generative AI tools you should consider learning for your career.

Bonus Q+A

By the end of this course, students will go from idea to functional AI app—even if they’ve never written a line of code before. They’ll experience the momentum that comes from building and deploying something real, using modern tools like Replit and OpenAI. More than a one-off project, this workshop gives students: A clear mental model for rapid prototypingConfidence to experiment with AI toolsA repeatable process they can apply to future use casesThe ability to speak about AI and automation with firsthand credibility They won’t just watch someone build—they’ll do it themselves.

Unlock a New Skillset: Vibe Code Your First AI App

Course syllabus

This is required for your hands-on app building experience.

A Replit account ($25 per month tier recommended)

This is required to build AI capabilities in your working prototype.

An OpenAI account with API access.

Product managers who want to test ideas faster and prototype without relying on engineering

Aspiring PMs or founders looking to differentiate themselves with real AI capabilities

Builders, tinkerers, or strategists who are curious about what’s possible with modern no-code/low-code tools

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

You’ll learn by doing. From a blank screen to a working prototype, you’ll build your first AI-powered app and see how approachable modern prototyping can be—even if you’ve never written code.

Build and launch your first AI-powered app using Replit—no coding background needed.

Learn how to make your app “think” or “act” using simple, powerful APIs. You’ll use tools like OpenAI to power real features—no backend setup, just clear, hands-on instruction.

Learn how to connect APIs like OpenAI to add intelligence or automation

We’ll break down how builders think: fast feedback loops, functional demos, and iterative testing. This mindset makes you more effective and adaptable in modern product roles.

Adopt the mindset and workflow of rapid prototyping to future-proof your product career

You won’t just talk about AI—you’ll ship something. This experience gives you momentum to explore more ideas, impress stakeholders, and expand your impact as a PM.

Walk away with the confidence of having built your first AI app using vibe coding

Go From Idea to Working AI App—In Just 2 Hours

Prashanth Padmanabhan

Cohort 2

Cohort 3

This isn’t just another no-code tutorial. This is a weekend bootcamp designed to help you cut through the hype and BS around AI-generated apps and platforms and get the realities of the amazing potential and the limitations of AI-generated apps. You’ll go hands-on with the top tools, see where they shine (and where they fail), and build your own mini project to test what's real. Whether you’re a busy professional, side hustler, or just AI-curious, this crash course gives you the clarity to decide: Should you go all in on vibe coding—or walk away smarter than most?﻿Expect demos, break-it-to-learn-it moments, 1:1 help, and zero fluff. You’ll leave knowing what these tools can really do—and whether they’re right for you.

Go from FOMO to clarity on AI app "vibe coding" tools—in one honest weekend.

A working internet connection and at least one functional browser tab NOT behind a secured IP. If you can't play, this won't be fun.

Access to AI Tools (free)

A curiosity about AI app tools—and a willingness to let go of the dream that you too will vibe-code a startup and get acquired for $30M.

Curiosity and no BS

Saturday + SundayEach day:<ul><li>2 sessions: 55 mins each + 5-min break</li><li>1 optional hour: Q&amp;A / project help / demos</li></ul>Heavy on demos, hands-on follow-alongs, and real-time group chaosSmall group breakout (10 mins each day)

Saturday & Sunday

August 16-17, 2025

Build and "vibe code" along during the bootcamp and get 1:1 help.

Optional Project

Course schedule

Busy professionals who keep hearing about AI app tools but don’t have time to chase hype.

Tech-adjacent folks (marketing, ops, content) who want to build something—but don’t code and aren’t sure where to start.

Side hustlers and freelancers curious if vibe coding can actually lead to usable apps—or money.

Overstimulated skeptics who’ve tried ChatGPT for everything and are wondering if there’s anything it can really build.

Anyone with AI FOMO and no patience for sugar-coated tutorials, hustle culture, or "just vibe it" nonsense.

Discover what “vibe coding” really means—and what it doesn’t.

Learn top tools and use cases that actually work for prompt-to-app.

Identify where AI app builders break—and how to troubleshoot or workaround.

Spot the hidden traps they don’t tell you and learn how to avoid them.

Get a clear-eyed view of the future: tools updates, and AI capability trends.

Learn best practices that will get you to actual launch of an AI-generated app.

Can "Vibe coding" really get you a job, make money as a side hustle, or just impress your friends? Find out in one weekend what's possible.

Yuying Chen-Wynn

August-2025

Sept-2025

No-code tools allow virtually anyone to build apps like a team of 5 devs. While you don't have to know any programming languages, there are a lot of potential false steps you can make when you are first learning to use these tools. In this course, we will introduce you to "vibe coding" the right way. Specifically, you will learn: 🔥 How to plan your product before you start using the Vibe PRD that will be embedded in every prompt to ensure that your product has a clear vision and the vibe coder doesn't hallucinate or make incorrect assumptions. 🔥 How to optimize prompts so that you can build something sound and you control how it is scaled out to ensure clean code. 🔥 How and why to create a database to store user and other data. 🔥 How to manage your data effectively and securely using Supabase, including how to understand SQL so that you can ensure your database is structure correctly. 🔥 How to AI-enable your vibe coded apps using ChatGPT, Claude or other AI tools. 🔥 How to integrate other tools to make highly interactive UIs, integrate payments with Stripe, integrate email functionality and more. 🔥 How to integrate with a larger team by exporting code to GitHub. 🔥 How to deploy your apps to production. 🔥 How to use Lovable to the fullest and optimize your creditsi. After just 4 weeks, you will be a master vibe coder with your own fully-featured and working application live!

Learn how to build your application using AI no-code tools in just 4 weeks.

Every Monday, you will be presented with a lesson on a new topic: Lovable prompting, Supabase databases, ChatGPT and backend coding, and more. If you can't make these, they will be recorded and you will be able to watch at your leisure.

Monday Concept Lessons

You will have an opportunity to bring questions and issues so that you can troubleshoot and move past them swiftly and with help.

Wednesday Optional Troubleshooting & Office Hours

Every week you will submit your work so far, culminating in your final application: <ul><li>Your Lovable UI</li><li>Your UI with data</li><li>Your UI with API or authentication</li><li>Your final app</li></ul>

Weekly projects

Non-technical founders who have a great idea but need to build an app without having to hire a developer.

UX designers who want to be able to take their design ideas directly to a live application to validate or just ship.

Product managers who want to take their ideas to an app to test a problem space, or to not be beholden to their dev team's fat backlog,

Building a decent app with no-code tools is a deceptively hard thing to do. We will teach you how to build a useful app that doesn't blow up as it scales and gets more complicated.

Learn how to build great apps using Lovable

Give students an idea of how they can expect to grow throughout your course. Include specificity and precise results so students can benchmark exactly what they’ll learn.

Avoid common mistakes non-technical people making when using no-code tools.

Lovable has easy integration with Supabase, a real-time relational database. It is critical to learn some basics about relational database to ensure you build something with data that is structured correctly to scale, be secure, and be useful.

Learn how to set up datastructures that can provide your back end.

While Lovable and Supabase combined can build powerful applications, integration third-party APIs - including AI ones like ChatGPT - can really make your app next level and provide the ability to offer AI assistance and more.

Learn how to integrate ChatGPT and other APIs to make powerful real-world apps.

You will come out of this 4 week course with your own app that you've developed. Go live or tweak it some more and launch - it's up to you.

Build your first app with literally no coding or technical background needed.

Anyone can "vibe code" apps using generative AI. This course helps you avoid common pitfalls while you build your first app.

Drew Falkman

Cohort 1

Ship your first real SaaS in 8 weeks (with a secure SaaS template to get you started)

Google

Microsoft

Stripe

LinkedIn

Colin Matthews

Sold my first SaaS in 2021. Product Manager, 8500+ students, featured by Lenny.

You’re excited by what’s possible with AI coding, but once you get past a prototype, the walls appear: errors you can’t debug, databases that break, and payments that don’t process.Tools like Replit, Bolt, and Lovable get you started fast, but aren’t production-ready. Meanwhile, you see posts raving about AI-built products and wonder: what’s the missing step?You need to learn the difference between prototypes and production.This course shows you how to get paid by real customers with Stripe, ship features safely using GitHub, deploy without downtime, catch bugs before users do with CI/CD, and build AI features that people rely on. You’ll submit projects for peer + instructor feedback—so by the end, you’ll have a production-ready SaaS and be ready to earn your first side-project dollar.

Go from idea to production and launch your first SaaS in 8 weeks.

Learn the fundamentals of engineering workflows

Discover how to get your first 100 customers

Uplevel your technical skills

You should understand APIs, databases, storage, and SaaS applications at a high level

Some technical skills

This course is dense -- you will need to dedicate 5-10 hrs per week to get value from the course

High agency or dedication

You will need to be able to read docs, watch videos, and look up information yourself as needed

Self sufficient 

Product managers, engineers, and designers who want to ship production-ready SaaS side hustles

Graduates of Lovable, Bolt, and Replit who finally want to learn real engineering workflows

Anyone who wants to launch their own product using tools like Github and Claude Code

Lightning Lessons

Vibe Coding for Designers and Product Managers