Principled AI Coding Course

Build productive habits into your next generation developer workflows so you can ship more, solve complex problems in less time, and focus on what truly matters: Building valuable products.

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Principled AI Coding Course

Master the principles of AI Coding. Build foundational skills to stay relevant and excel with the AI coding tools of today and tomorrow.

What will you learn?

In Principled AI Coding, my aim is to give you the principles, techniques and mental models to maximize the volume of work you can hand off to your AI Coding Assistant.

By focusing on the fundamentals of AI Coding, you’ll build productive habits into your next generation developer workflows so you can ship more, solve complex problems in less time, and focus on what truly matters: Building valuable products.

A Clear, Proven Mental Model

Master the “big three”: Context, Prompt, and Model to form a foundational mental model for AI Coding. Set yourself up for today’s AI Coding Assistant and tomorrow’s.

When to Prompt Low vs High-Level

Learn WHEN and HOW to write concise, laser-focused low-level prompts for existing, production codebases with well-defined structure. Learn WHEN to write quick, lazy, ‘fix this bug’ high-level prompts.

Craft perfect AI Coding Prompts

Discover the art of using the right keywords and phrases that instantly communicate complex requirements to your AI Coding assistant.

Avoid Common Mistakes

Learn to dodge pitfalls that waste time and slow your progress. Skip overloaded contexts, misguided prompt strategies, and cheap model pitfalls. With these insights, you’ll stay swift, accurate, and confident in your AI coding journey.

Spec Prompts & Workflows

Elevate your coding game with massive spec prompts and AI powered workflows that turn feature requirements into fully generated code, all with a single prompt.

Agentic AI Coding

Peer into the future of AI coding. Go beyond one-off requests—build integrated loops where your code is created, tested, improved, and finalized automatically.

What’s in the course?

The course is divided into 8 lessons, each focusing on a different aspect of AI coding. You can complete this course at your own pace. Every lesson includes a foundational principle to guide your learning.

The course is structured across three difficulty levels – Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced – ensuring valuable insights for engineers a every stage of their AI coding journey.

Whether you’re just starting out or already using AI coding tools professionally, you’ll find principles and practical techniques to elevate your AI coding skills.

01. Hello AI Coding World: Install, Configure, Prompt

Beginner

Get started with the fundamentals of AI coding setup and basic prompting.

02. Multi-File Editing: STOP coding, START prompting

Beginner

Learn how to handle complex multi-file changes through effective prompting.

03 . Know your IDKs: Crafting the PERFECT Prompt

Beginner

Master the art of writing precise and effective prompts for coding tasks.

04. How to Suck at AI Coding: Common Pitfalls and Practical Solutions

Intermediate

Learn from common mistakes and discover proven solutions to AI Coding challenges.

05. Spec based AI Coding with Reasoning Models

Intermediate

Transform specifications into working code using advanced AI reasoning.

06. Aider Has a Secret

Advanced

Discover Aider’s secret and unlock parabolic AI Coding efficiency.

07. Let the code write itself

Advanced

Master autonomous code generation and advanced AI Coding workflows.

08. Principled AI Coding

Advanced

Complete your experience with hands on Principled AI Coding.