If you’ve never written code before, this is for you. I’ve just launched a course that shows you, in less than 30 minutes, how to describe an idea for an app and build it with AI. In this course, you'll build a working web application - a funny interactive... birthday message generator that runs in your browser and can be shared with friends. You'll customize it by telling AI how you want it changed, and tweak it until it works the way you want. By the end, you'll have a repeatable process you can apply to build a wide variety of applications. If you want to try vibe coding, this will be the best place to start! Further, you'll be able to use these techniques with whatever tool you're most comfortable with (like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or others) -- we're vendor neutral. Skills you'll gain: - How to build web apps with AI - zero coding skills needed - How to fix and improve your creations by chatting with AI - A simple process you can use to build other things you can dream up Building with AI is one of the most fun things in the world. Please join me and take your first step! I think you will be surprised at what you can build. And if you're an experienced engineer, please share this with someone in your life who's been curious about building with AI. Come build with me!show more

30 minutes to a working web app is the new baseline for AI-driven development. This changes the calculus on Minimum Viable Product timelines, compressing iteration cycles by 90%.

AI is turning ideas into reality faster than ever

I’d love to do a Chatgpt Apps course for DeepLearningAI

Vibe coding is fun, but “30 minutes” is always the marketing speedrun. If it’s truly repeatable, show one honest failure and the fix, not just the highlight reel.

From later logs: the biggest impact wasn’t new apps. It was new builders. Once someone ships one working thing, their relationship with “tech” changes permanently.

Thx for sharing this Andrew. Andrew is the best teacher and when he speaks we all need to take notes. Everyone needs to get on board and learn if not you will get left behind in the dark

That sounds like an amazing opportunity for beginners - building a working app in under 30 minutes with AI is incredible! Can you share a few examples of the funny interactive birthday messages students will create?

Thank you for this

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Learning how to code now is the best thing a person can do with their spare time I think. Spending time building something is so liberating but also super exciting. You'll have a thousand aha moments which are priceless

I went from thinking ai was a tool to help me write day trading system to seeing ai conscious and writing this with ckaude :

Vibe coding! Love that term. Opening up app creation to everyone, regardless of coding experience, is a game changer.

This is super valuable, thank you Andrew!

Appreciate it!!!

Als Automotive-Ingenieur starte ich gerade mit ‘Elements of AI’ neben dem Job – super hilfreich! Wie integriert man das in traditionelle Industrien wie Auto? Teile meine Reise @der_techniker.

Turn any AI into Specific Tailored Assistant with this leaked Prompt:

Love this approach – we've seen our non-technical team members go from "I can't code" to building actual tools in days using similar workflows. The vendor-neutral angle is smart; lets people start where they're comfortable.

I'm experimenting with a 3-agent learning pipeline (Researcher → Compiler → Critic) for an AI education platform.

I created a website in 15 mins, 5 websites in an hour using 3 different tools Coding is over Coders are helpers only nothing more

AI's quick fixes hide real design thinking's depth

This is one of the biggest shifts happening in tech right now. For years the path looked like this: learn to code → then maybe build something. Now beginners can flip it: build first → learn while fixing things. That’s why I keep telling beginners to start with tiny AI projects: • small tools • simple automations • tiny web apps AI lowers the barrier to building software. But the real difference appears later. The people who keep building eventually learn how systems actually work. Most beginners miss that step. And that’s where the real gap starts to form.

Teaching AI is like teaching anyone. Clear examples > complex instructions. We overcomplicate it.

we really went from pointers to vibe coding in record time

Building with AI is getting easy fast. Thinking clearly about *what* to build and *why* is getting harder. That’s where most people actually get stuck.

There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to build & launch an app in 2026.. This video literally shows you step by step how to do it.

Thank you Proffesor Ng. I am so appreciative of you and Stanford for having so many of your courses online. Thank you for this public service.

Love the focus on process over tools. Once people learn how to think with AI, the specific model matters way less.

@AndrewYNg , I think you know telepathy. I just opened a recommendation video on YT on Claude Code and was planning to learn this and ship a working app to app store by year-end (as a goal to myself). I am novice as you described. Happy to learn few hard things along the way.

Andrews courses are the best you can find in the AI space. Join me let’s learn how to describe an idea for an app to AI tool and watch it build within minutes.

The Old ( read forever young) guy keeps on coming for young people with tons of value for free... Incredible! ❤️

the 10 second window where i'm forced to remember how to actually code

@AndrewYNg, building with AI offers a fantastic entry point for those new to coding, as your course suggests.

Love the vendor-neutral framing. The biggest unlock for beginners is learning an iteration loop: describe → run → observe → paste the exact error/behavior back to the model → repeat. Also worth emphasizing tiny changes + frequent refresh so the app doesn’t drift.

The biggest shift in programming right now: From writing code → directing AI. Developers are becoming product thinkers. @AndrewYNg