Vibe Coding 101 An Idea Man’s Guide to Building Apps and Becoming a Startup Founder with AI (and ADHD)
Let me guess - you’re an idea man (or woman) with a short attention span, ready to turn your vision into a live app. Start a company. Forget to file your annual return. Go find test users. See who uses it. Learn who loves it, despise who hates it and tell them they're wrong - or just move on to the next idea you can now materialize in 48 hours or less.
I’m that kind of individual as well, so it’s important that you know that the following information comes from exactly this kind of person (using tech-forward tools to help make up for technical shortcomings and explain entirely a concept her previously was unable to ).
I’m too old to quickly adopt youthly nomenclature, but there’s only one way to put it: vibe coding is about to change your life, just like it’s changing mine. With AI-powered prompt to code tools, even non-technical, ADHD-brained founders can go from ideation to deployment faster than Doge went to the mooooon in 2018;with a clear vision and just mediocre intuition. This guide will show you how to harness the power of the voices that won’t stop screaming at you, won’t allow you to fall asleep; but finally channel their words into production.
I get it. You've learned about ecom. You hit up crypto. You probably know wordpress. You're too cool for Wix (Webflow what up). You're well-traveled above the globe of internet business, but it's time to build something. We got you.
We’ll cover planning and prompting, tools and tech stacks, speed and security – all with an enthusiastic, you-can-do it attitude. Because by the end, you’ll know how to ride the vibe coding wave with Replit, Windsurf, Lovable and even graduate to Cursor and other dev-oriented enablement tools that will save you $60k in funding fuel and turn your scattered ideas into a launchpad for products-meet-market, ready to be tested, validated or, ruthlessly eaten alive - which is the fun of it, and coincidentally, where you might just find your first, or next partner.
Whether you’re a seeking to become a non-technical founder, or simply the “idea guy” with no clue where to start, this ebook will show you:
✅ How to plan and map out your app in minutes
✅ How to write AI-friendly Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) to get better code
✅ How to talk to AI and troubleshoot when things break (because they will)
✅ How to use tools like Replit, Cursor, and Windsurf to finish and polish your build
✅ When (and when NOT) to worry about security, scalability, and hiring developers
From Idea to App: The Beginner’s Guide to AI-Assisted App Building with Replit. You don’t need to know how to code to build apps anymore. You just need to know how to talk to AI like a builder. This step-by-step guide takes you from napkin sketch to functional, revenue-ready MVP built entirely through AI-assisted coding. Written for idea-driven founders and non-coders who just want to ship and test. Stop saying “I have this idea…” and start saying, “I built this app.” Your shortcut to product creation starts now.