Vibe-Coding a Product

Non-engineers ship a working web app with AI, safely.

recorded hours: 8.5
modules, in order: 5
deployed projects: 3
graded checkpoints: 4

Who it is for, and what you receive.

Non-engineers who want to ship a working web app with AI, safely.

Before you start

None; no code.

Skills

AI app builders
prompting
product thinking
basic web

1
The recorded sessions
Taught by an instructor who does the work, taken in order at your own pace, yours for twelve months.
2
Graded work after every module
Exercises and projects marked by Nova against a rubric you can read, with what you did well and what to fix.
3
The projects
Deployed and graded, each one on your record with its repository.
4
Your hiring plan
The same six-part plan the bootcamps use, run with the career agent.
5
The record and the certificate
Every grade at square1ai.com/u/{handle}; a credential ID that resolves at square1ai.com/verify.
6
Nova as your tutor
Help that is about your actual work, because it has read all of it.

The content plan, module by module.

8.5 recorded hours from an instructor, taken in order at your own pace. Nova grades the work at the end of each module.

1
What you can and cannot build this way
- The tools
- Limits
- When to get an engineer
Graded
Nothing to submit; watch and take notes
60 min
2
From idea to a running app
- Prompting a builder
- One core action
- Iterating
Graded
A running app with one core action
120 min
3
Data, auth and payments
- A database
- Sign-in
- Payments
Graded
The app with sign-in and a payment
120 min
4
Safety: secrets, backups, what breaks
- Secrets
- Backups
- A safety checklist
Graded
A safety checklist applied
90 min
5
Project: launch
- Launch
- A first user
- What next
Graded
The app, live, with a user
120 min

The projects.

Each is deployed and graded by Nova against a rubric you can read before you start.

1
A running app
An app with one core action.
You hand in
- App
The rubric requires
The core action works.
2
The app with auth and payments
Sign-in and a payment.
You hand in
- Auth
- Payments
The rubric requires
A test payment completes.
3
A launched app
Live, with a user.
You hand in
- Launch
- Safety checklist
The rubric requires
Live with the checklist applied.

What you can do at the end.

A product you built and understand, with three graded projects on your record.

1
Know what you can and cannot build this way.
2
Take an idea to a running app.
3
Add data, auth and payments.
4
Keep secrets, backups and users safe.
5
Launch.

Roles this prepares you for

Founder
Product person who ships

No placement rate is shown, because there are no graduates to count yet. The roles above are what the projects are built for.

Your record at the end.

Every exercise and project is graded by Nova against a rubric you can read, and every grade is kept on one page an employer can open and run. This is what the programme writes to it.

Graded, line by line: Nova reads every submission against the brief and the rubric and returns a score, what you did well and what to fix.
Module by module: Each module ends in graded work; the next opens when you are ready, on your own schedule.
Nova remembers: Help is about your actual work, because the tutor has every submission and every failed exercise of yours.
One page an employer can run: Every grade and project at /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.

Record, Vibe-Coding a Product

Example

Project
A running app
The core action works.
Graded
Project
The app with auth and payments
A test payment completes.
Graded
Project
A launched app
Live with the checklist applied.
Graded
Every module
4 graded checkpoints
Each module ends in work Nova grades line by line against a rubric you can read.
Graded
After
Your hiring plan
Target roles, the gap map, the proof to send, weekly actions and an interview log.
Kept

The entries, not the grades: those are yours to earn. The page lives at /verify and an employer needs no account to open it.

5 entries, at your own pace. One email when this course opens.

How we help you find a job.

Proof, not a certificate: the projects you deployed are the thing you show, and the tools below are yours to use.

1
Your hiring plan
The same six-part plan the bootcamps use: target roles, the gap map, the proof to send, weekly actions, an interview log, the outcome. You run it with the career agent.
2
A record an employer can run
Your graded projects on /verify. An employer opens it and runs the code.
3
The career agent
Paste a real job posting at /career and it maps the role to your graded work and what to do next.
4
The roles directory
Every role we prepare people for, what it pays and what it asks, at /roles.
5
A path to the live cohort
If you want the instructor, the gates and the hiring sprint, the bootcamp on the same subject is one waitlist away.

One email when this course opens.

Recorded by an instructor who does this work, graded by Nova. The waitlist hears the date and the price first, and nothing is charged before it exists.