A four-week email course

Launch your idea as a real app.

A build-alongside course: eight lessons that take you from "what's a terminal?" to a deployed, working app — built with Claude Code, no coding required. The kind of app that scales on its own and costs almost nothing to host and maintain.

8 lessons over 4 weeks ~30 min each One-on-one check-in
~/my-first-app
$ claude "build me a landing page for a dog walking business in Brooklyn"
⠋ Thinking through structure…
⠙ Writing index.html, styles.css…
✓ Created 3 files. Deployed to https://your-app.com
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An idea worth building.
That's the only prerequisite.

Bring an idea you've been turning over — something you wish existed, a tool that would make your work easier, a small product you've been quietly drafting in your head.

You don't need prior coding experience. You don't need a Computer Science degree. You need an idea and the willingness to type what you want into a terminal.

By the end of four weeks, that idea is no longer a sketch. It's a real, working application — deployed, scaling on its own, costing almost nothing to keep online, and ready for the first real users to start clicking around inside it.

1:1

A real 20-minute call with one of our engineers

During or after Lesson 5, we meet you one-on-one to look at what you're actually building, answer the questions that always come up at that point, and make sure you finish strong.

Included
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Eight lessons, end to end.

Each lesson lands in your inbox as a self-contained, ~30 minute walkthrough. You'll go from "what even is a terminal?" to running your own deployed app with real users.

WEEK 01 Getting your bearings
LESSON 01

Set up, and build your first site

Install Claude Code, get comfortable with the terminal, and see firsthand why the way you ask shapes what you get.

You'll install Claude Code and build a real landing page from a single prompt.
LESSON 02

The product requirements document

Turn a rough idea into a precise brief — the document that tells Claude Code exactly what to build.

You'll write a PRD for your own idea, with a defined look, feel, and color palette.
WEEK 02 Architecture and your first build
LESSON 03

The architecture of a web app

See how the pieces of a web app fit together, then lay the AWS groundwork yours will sit on.

You'll create your AWS account, register your domain, and set up safe deploy permissions.
LESSON 04

Build it, ship it

Hand your PRD to Claude Code and watch your idea become a real, working application.

You'll build your app and deploy it live to your own domain, SSL and all.
WEEK 03 Functionality and quality
LESSON 05

Wiring in the outside world

Add the third-party services your app needs — safely, one at a time — to reach a functional v1.

You'll wire in integrations like login and payments, and reach a working v1.
LESSON 06

Building the safety net

Build the regression test plan that lets you keep changing your app without breaking it.

You'll have Claude Code write and run a test plan across your whole app.
WEEK 04 Launch and iterate
LESSON 07

Getting your first users

Get your app in front of real people and learn to watch how they actually use it.

You'll find your first users, get them to try your app, and capture what you see.
LESSON 08

The feedback loop

Turn user feedback into improvements — and into a rhythm you can sustain for the life of the project.

You'll translate feedback into Claude Code prompts and ship your first round of improvements.

Why four days between lessons?

This is a build-alongside course. You're not just reading — you're building your own product as you go. The 4-day rhythm exists because the real work happens between the lessons, on your own project.

Each lesson takes about thirty minutes. The days that follow are yours to apply what you just learned, sit with the parts that are still fuzzy, and arrive at the next lesson with the kind of questions only a builder asks.

$ cat ./includes.json
inbox

8 lessons in your inbox

Lesson 1 arrives the moment you verify. Each lesson after follows every four days — a habit, not a binge.

hands-on

Hands-on from lesson one

Every lesson includes something you actually type, run, and see working.

deployed

A real, deployed app

By the end of the course, your project is live on the internet — not stuck on your laptop.

forever

Lifetime access

Lessons stay yours. Refer back any time you start a new project.

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Yash Ambardekar
Who's teaching this

Built by an engineer and entrepreneur — now 10x faster with Claude Code.

For years, I wrote the code by hand and architected products from the ground up — including the ones I still run today, like Support Caddie and CMS Caddie. Now Claude Code does that same work alongside me, about 10x faster. It's genuinely changed what one person can ship.

Lately I've spent a lot of time with non-technical people picking up Claude Code for the first time. I've watched the same pitfalls surface again and again — and the expensive early design decisions that quietly don't scale.

So this course is tactical, not theoretical. It's a direct path to launching a real, scalable app — and keeping it cheap, even free, to host and maintain.

Early Cohort

This is the first run of Vibe Code Lessons. The $79 price reflects that — and so does the access. Early students get the one-on-one check-in and direct email access to me through the full four weeks. Future cohorts will likely cost more and include less.

$ ./enroll.sh

Start the course.

A verification email lands the moment you enroll. Click the link inside, and Lesson 1 lands right after.

Vibe Code Lessons $79
→ One-time payment · Lifetime access
  • 8 lessons delivered to your inbox over 4 weeks
  • 20-minute 1:1 engineering check-in, during or after Lesson 5
  • Direct email access through the full course
  • Lifetime access — refer back any time
  • Your own deployed app by the end of week 4
Course $79.00
Total today $79.00

Payments processed securely by Stripe. You'll get a verification email immediately after enrolling.

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Do I need to pay for AWS, Claude Code, or anything else separately?

Yes — you'll need a Claude subscription to run Claude Code (any tier works), a domain name (~$12/year), and an AWS account (typically free for small projects in the first year, then a few dollars a month). We walk through every signup in Lesson 3 and keep costs as low as possible.

What if I fall behind the four-day rhythm?

The lessons are yours forever. You can pause, restart, or move at half speed. The four-day cadence is a default, not a deadline — and the 1:1 check-in is flexible too.

What if I already know some coding?

The first lesson will move fast for you, but the rest of the course is genuinely useful regardless of background. The skill being taught isn't "learn to code" — it's "learn to ship real software through a conversation with Claude Code." Most people who can already code don't yet know how to do that well.

What kind of apps can I build?

Small, real ones. Landing pages, internal tools, simple SaaS products, content sites, dashboards, scrapers, automations. The course doesn't promise you'll build the next Figma — it promises you'll ship something real, with users, by week four.

Can I get a refund?

Yes. Full refund within 14 days of enrolling, for any reason. Email me and it's done.

Is this affiliated with Anthropic?

No. Vibe Code Lessons is independent. Claude Code is an Anthropic product, and the course teaches you how to use it well — but we're not associated with the company.