A detailed and up-to-date walkthrough for entrepreneurs with limited (or non-existent) coding skills who want to build profitable software companies using new gen-AI tools
In The Vibe Coding Playbook: Building Your Tech Business With AI, renowned AI and data science educator Siraj Raval walks you through exactly what you need to do to build a technology business with generative AI-powered code assistants. Raval offers step-by-step guidance for non-technical professionals and entrepreneurs interested in creating scalable, profitable enterprises without spending years learning how to code.
This book conceives of new artificial intelligence tools, like Cursor, as “co-founders,” lighting your way to constructing valuable software products and services. You’ll learn to build minimally viable products (MVPs), iterate on your software products as you develop and after launch, and grow your company while maintaining a lean, efficient, solopreneur-focused structure.
Inside the book:
- Detailed guidance for entrepreneurs interested in creating powerful tech solutions for niche problems and markets without hiring expensive software developers
- Strategies for using generative AI tools to substitute for traditional technical co-founders
- Illustrative case studies from real-world founders who built successful technology businesses without learning to code
- Useful tools for non-technical entrepreneurs, including prompt libraries, decision trees, QR codes linking to video tutorials demonstrating key techniques, and access to an exclusive online community of like-minded founders
Perfect for ambitious professionals and entrepreneurs who want to build a successful technology company now – using commercially available AI tools – The Vibe Coding Playbook is your personal roadmap to creating useful and profitable software for customers without learning how to code.
Table of Contents:
Introduction xxv
PART I Foundations 1
CHAPTER 1 AI Gold-Rush Economics Why Now Beats Better 3
CHAPTER 2 Founder OS Speed Scope Cut and the Distribution First Mindset 9
CHAPTER 3 Find a Burning Problem Painkillers Vitamins and the B2B B2C Split 23
PART II Building Your Product 43
CHAPTER 4 AI-Powered Market Intel Scrapers GPT Surveys and Persona Cloning 45
CHAPTER 5 Tiny MVP in 24 Hours Prompt Spreadsheet Demo 69
CHAPTER 6 Validation Loops Waitlists Preorders and Paid Pilots 89
CHAPTER 7 Pick Your Stack Hosted Open Source or Hybrid and When to Switch 101
PART III Launching and Scaling 111
CHAPTER 8 Rapid Prototyping with Gen AI Code Agents and UI Scaffolds 113
CHAPTER 9 Data and MLOps for Noncoders Pipelines Eval Harnesses and Fine-Tunes 119
CHAPTER 10 Ship Weekly CI CD Feature Flags and Telemetry That Matters 129
CHAPTER 11 Narrative Positioning and Value-Based Pricing 137
PART IV Case Studies and Templates 147
CHAPTER 12 Build-in-Public Flywheel Community Content and Credibility 149
CHAPTER 13 Paid Acquisition That Prints Cash UGC Ads and Influencer Allowlisting 155
PART V Scaling and Moats 163
CHAPTER 14 Automation and Delegation SOPs Agents and Contractors 165
CHAPTER 15 How to Find and Close Strategic Angels The Proactive Update Playbook 171
CHAPTER 16 The Five-Person Super-Team Hiring and Culture Hacks 175
CHAPTER 17 Trust and Safety as a Feature Compliance Privacy AI Ethics 181
PART VI Exit or Infinity Mode 193
CHAPTER 18 Cash-Out or Compound Acqui-Hire Strategic Buyout Indie Profitability 195
CHAPTER 19 The Next Frontier The Age of Autonomous Agents and the Unstoppable Ascent of Open Source AI 203
Index 221
About the Author :
SIRAJ RAVAL is an AI and data science educator. With millions of combined followers on YouTube and GitHub, he teaches students around the world how to implement the latest artificial intelligence and data techniques, tools, and platforms. He specializes in making complex technical concepts easily accessible to beginners.
