Intro to Vibe Coding with Claude AI

AI coding tools can spin up impressive demos in minutes. Does that mean software engineers are becoming obsolete? In this online Zoom session, veteran software architect Mike Coon cuts through the hype around "vibe coding": what it actually is, why it's reshaping how products get built, and exactly where it stops working. You'll see how AI collapses the cost of experimentation, letting individuals and small teams validate ideas and ship functional MVPs faster than most teams thought possible a year ago.

But the interesting part starts after the prototype works.
Mike will walk through how he runs AI agents like an engineering team: when to lean into rapid experimentation, when to slam the brakes and bring in real engineering discipline, and why the future isn't engineers being replaced. It's engineers moving up the stack to where their judgment actually matters.

Whether you're a seasoned developer or just AI-curious, you'll walk away with a practical framework for turning "vibes" into something you'd actually ship.

Speaker BIO:
Mike Coon is a software architect, engineering leader, and AI systems builder with more than 30 years of experience designing large-scale enterprise software and cloud platforms. Throughout his career, he has led engineering teams, architected distributed systems, and worked closely with executives to transform complex business problems into scalable technology solutions.
Over the past several years, Mike has focused almost exclusively on AI-assisted software development, building products ranging from AI recruiting platforms and engineering workflow systems to conversational user experiences and computer vision applications. His work explores how AI changes not just how we write code, but how we validate ideas, design software, and lead engineering teams.

Mike is passionate about helping developers and organizations adopt AI effectively—using coding agents not as replacements for engineers, but as force multipliers that dramatically accelerate learning, experimentation, and product development.