Website for her ballet competition
“I built a website for my ballet competition. The step-by-step approach made it so much easier than I expected. Now prixducanada.com is up and running!”
Riho Ogata
Ballerina & ballet teacher
In-person weekend course · Toronto
Learn to build with AI, as yourself.
A two-day course for complete beginners. Learn how software is put together, how to design what you want to build, and how to build it with AI. No templates, no coding background needed.
Next weekend: PLACEHOLDERSat Jan 17 – Sun Jan 18, 2027
Everyone says you need to learn AI. Few show you how to think with it.
Most AI courses teach tricks for a tool that will look different next month. You copy the steps, it works once, and then you’re stuck.
This course teaches what stays useful: how to break an idea into parts, choose the right pieces, and direct AI to build them. That works for your first project and your tenth.
Give someone a fish and they eat for a day. Teach them to fish and they eat for a lifetime. AI is the fishing rod. I teach the fishing.
How the weekend works
- 1
Understand
Front end, back end, database, API. Explained with everyday examples, not jargon.
- 2
Design
Decide what you’re building, who it’s for, and which parts it needs.
- 3
Build and launch
Build it with AI, put it on the internet, and show it to the room.
How this is different from other AI courses
Plenty of courses will show you an AI tool. Here’s what you get here instead.
Most AI courses
This course
Most AI courses: Hand you a template to copy
This course: Teach you how to plan any project from scratch, so you don’t need a template
Most AI courses: Teach tricks for one tool, which change every few months
This course: Teach how software is put together, which stays true when the tools change
Most AI courses: Everyone builds the same demo app
This course: You design and build your own idea, your way
Most AI courses: Big online cohorts or lecture halls
This course: In person, at most 16 people, with hands-on help when you’re stuck
Most AI courses: Stop once it runs on your laptop
This course: Put it on the internet, and learn how to check that it actually works
Most AI courses: Assume you already know some tech
This course: Built for complete beginners, from teens to retirees
What past students built
Real people with no coding background, building things they actually use.
A Squid Game–themed wedding website
“I wanted something special for my wedding, so I built a custom page with a Squid Game theme. Friends and family loved it.”
Nick Ng
Civil engineer
An internal gratitude app for her team
“I built a gratitude app where employees send each other appreciation messages. It’s been a hit at work and really brought our team together.”
Sheila Matan
Director of Health Promotion
Courses
Open for booking
Vibe Coding for Everyone
For complete beginners. Use AI as a tool to design and build your own project in two days.
PLACEHOLDERSat Jan 17 – Sun Jan 18, 2027 · $499 CAD
Coming soon · For tech professionals
Building with AI Agents
For engineers and tech teams. Build products where AI is the core, not just the tool.
Where I’ve taught
- Taught hundreds of beginners in person
- Invited to teach Vibe Coding for Everyone at Coursera’s Toronto office during Toronto Tech Week
- Former Coursera employee; hosted AI talks at Coursera
- Lead, Toronto Women in Data
Hi, I’m Minjia
I’ve worked in tech for more than six years (eBay, Accenture, Coursera, and now Braze), and I studied AI before generative AI existed. I teach because I believe everyone deserves to learn how to build with it, not just engineers.
More about me →Not ready for a whole weekend?
Start with the free recorded lessons: a very basic intro to building a simple website with HTML and CSS, at your own pace.