Roger Farley

I'm going to be in Miami Friday speaking at the Vertical Software Summit 2025 on the Venture / AI Buyouts panel alongside @vidushanmug (Google Ventures), Andrew (Bungalow), and Nathan (Roofer). Thanks @lukesophinos for the invite and @EvanLyseng for the intro. We'll discuss transforming service businesses with AI, using M&A as a growth strategy (alongside traditional organic growth), and more. @nuvocargo has been working on these things and I'm excited to share our learnings and learn from others. If you're going to be at VSS in Miami and are interested in these topics, feel free to reach out so we can hang out.

New short course: Vibe Coding 101 with Replit! Learn to build and host applications with an AI agent in this course, built in partnership with @Replit and taught by its President @pirroh and Head of Developer Relations @mattyp. Coding agents are changing how we write code. "Vibe coding" refers to a growing practice where you might barely look at the generated code, and instead focus on the architecture and features of your application. However, contrary to popular belief, effectively coding this way isn't done by just prompting, accepting all recommendations, and hoping for the best. It requires structuring your work, refining your prompts, and having a systematic process that lead to a more efficient and effective workflow. I code frequently using LLMs, and asking an LLM to do everything in one shot usually does not work. I'll typically take a problem, partition it into manageable modules, spend time creating prompts to specify each module, and use the model to produce the code one module at a time, and test/debug each module before moving on. A process like this is making me and many other developers faster and more efficient. In this video-only course, you’ll learn how to use Replit’s cloud environment--with an integrated code editor, package manager, and deployment tools--to build and deploy web applications. Along the way, you’ll learn strategies for working effectively with agents and improve your development skills. In detail, you’ll: - Understand principles of agentic code development such as being precise, giving agents one task at a time, making prompts specific, keeping projects tidy, starting with fresh sessions for each new feature, and how to approach debugging. - Learn how to get started with Replit, and key skills for vibe coding: Thinking, using frameworks, checkpoints, debugging, and providing context. - Create a product requirement document (PRD) and wireframe for your agent to build a prototype of a website performance analyzer. - See how to use an agent to make your prototype more visually appealing, and deploy it application others to access . - Learn to build a head-to-head national park ranking app, from a sample dataset, with voting capabilities and persistent data storage, and refine further ask the assistant to recap and explain what it built to find room for improvement and reinforce your learning. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid foundation in building with coding agents, and a process you can use to keep vibe coding effectively. Please sign up here: deeplearning.ai/short-courses/…

44 videos in my @wizedapp course. I hope you're ready people? I've tried to capture the best bits from my 2 decades of being a web developer, ecommerce pro, Wized user & NoCoder generalist. Come this Friday, my biggest, bestest course will be in my community members' hands...