Start free with AI Code Academy. Add private coaching when you want to go faster.Start free with the open AI Code Academy course. Add private 1:1 coaching from the Zippytal team when you want to go faster.
Free forever · Coaching: only 5 new students per month
Two ways to learn
The course is open to everyone. If you want a mentor in the room, coaching gets you shipping in weeks instead of months.
The open course. Yours forever.
Opens aicodeacademy.com
A mentor in your corner. Go faster.
Includes the full free course · cancel anytime
~3 min · we reply within 48h · no auto-charges
What changes for you
Deployed, used by real people, under your name.
TypeScript, React, APIs, databases, with AI on your side.
Agent workflows, context engineering, modern tooling.
Git, CI/CD, observability, the fundamentals that compound.
Three shippable projects, deployable anywhere.
Community access alongside every other builder on the path.
The path
The same curriculum whether you are self-paced or coached. You just move through it at different speeds.
Module 1
TypeScript, the browser, the server, and the parts of the web that don't change. Set up a real dev environment that future-you will thank you for.
Module 2
Cursor, Claude Code, agents, context engineering. How to actually pair with AI instead of fighting it.
Module 3
Shipping a real idea end-to-end: design, backend, auth, payments, deployment.
Module 4
Analytics, feedback, iteration. You leave with a project real users can use, and a portfolio piece that proves you can ship.
How it works
You control the pace. No live classes to miss, no cohort you fall behind. Just a path, the tools, and (optionally) a mentor.
Each lesson is a short write-up plus a project prompt. No 2-hour lecture videos.
You use Claude or Cursor from lesson one. Prompts and context-engineering are taught explicitly.
Ask questions, share progress, get unstuck in the Zippytal Community rooms.
You ship a small thing every week. By the end, you have a portfolio that proves you ship.
Alumni
"I'd taken three 'learn to code' courses before this. It was the first one where I actually built something I still use."
Sami R.
Shipped: a journaling app for ADHD · now 400 users
"The AI-first part was the unlock. I'd been trying to use Claude and Cursor without knowing how. Now it's my superpower."
Jules A.
Shipped: an invoicing tool for freelance designers
"The coaching paid for itself the first month. Shipped a working MVP by week four. Could not have done it solo."
Nora E.
Shipped: a community platform for runners
Questions people actually ask
Yes. No credit card, no account required. The full AI Code Academy course lives at aicode-academy.com — open to anyone. It's our way of making AI-era coding accessible, and it's how we meet the students who later apply for coaching.
We only take 5 new coaching students per month. That cap is what lets us guarantee weekly 1:1s, 24-hour code reviews, and same-day async unsticking. Application is fast (about 3 minutes) and lets us pick people we can actually help — we reply to everyone within 48 hours either way.
The free course is self-paced with community support. Coaching layers weekly 1:1 calls, unlimited code review, priority async help, and a mentor who picks projects for you. You go faster, and you get unstuck the same day instead of next week.
No. Module 1 starts from scratch. We expect curiosity and time, not a CS degree. If you've coded before, you'll move through the early modules quickly.
TypeScript, React, modern web tooling, and AI pair programming with Claude and Cursor. Everything transfers to other stacks. The mindset matters more than the syntax.
That's the recommended path. Most coached students start with the free course and apply for 1:1 the moment they hit something they want help pushing through.
The free course runs at your own pace. Coached students typically spend 6 to 10 hours a week and ship their first real project in about 4 weeks.
We'll tell you on the reply. You can either hold for next month's intake (you stay first in line) or stay on the free course and we'll ping you when seats open. Either way, no auto-charges, no waitlist fee.
The course is yours either way. Coaching is there the day you decide you want a mentor in the room.