AI Development Guide

AI Development Guide: For Everyone Who Wants to Build Solutions Without Coding is a practical handbook by Jaehee Song that teaches non-developers how to understand and work with AI to build real, useful software. The book's philosophy rests on three principles: mental models before tools, practical intuition over theory, and clarity over completeness. It spans 16 chapters covering the full journey from understanding how AI thinks to actually shipping working products. It starts with foundational mental models of AI — what it's good at, where it fails, and how to think about it realistically. It then walks through the modern AI stack (using a Lego analogy), data preparation, and prompt engineering as a form of programming accessible to everyone. The middle chapters get hands-on: AI agents and workflows, business automation without code, "vibe coding" to build real services with tools like Lovable, v0, Bolt, and Replit, and working with code assistants like Claude and Cursor. The later chapters address the practical realities — the AI development lifecycle, cost and scaling considerations, and responsible use including risks, limitations, and ethics. It closes with a comprehensive AI terminology dictionary and the author's biography. Jaehee Song draws on 20+ years as a data platform architect at Visa, experience mentoring hundreds of students and Korean startups through Seattle Partners, and hands-on building of multiple production AI services (Clearly, JobCopilot, AI Insights Generator, InNews). The book is self-published (2026) and available in both English and Korean editions.