Welcome, humans.

We’re LIVE right now (starting @ 3pm PST, or shortly after) from Microsoft Build with Scott Hanselman, one of the rare people who can explain software to beginners without making them feel like they missed a prerequisite course in 2007.

Scott is a developer, teacher, speaker, author, longtime podcaster, and VP / Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft and GitHub, where he works on open source, Windows developer tools, and agentic coding tools like GitHub Copilot.

Today, Corey and Scott are walking through what it actually takes to start building software with AI in 2026, including Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and the beginner setup that still trips people up: Git, Node.js, local development, and getting from “I have an idea” to “wait, this actually runs.”

Basically, if you have ever had a “surely a tiny app could fix this” thought and then immediately remembered you do not know what Node.js is, this one’s for you.

🔴 What we’re testing live, on stream:

• What vibe coding is useful for.

• Where AI coding tools help beginners get unstuck.

• Why Git, Node.js, and local development still matter.

• How to go from idea to something you can actually run.

• What still breaks, confuses people, or requires human judgment.

Watch live now here:

• YouTube Live

• LinkedIn Live

Why Scott? He’s been coding for 30+ years, blogging for 20+ years, recorded 1,000+ episodes of Hanselminutes, hosted 750+ episodes of Azure Friday, written technical books (yes, actual BOOKs with words HE WROTE in them), and spoken to more than 1M developers around the world.

So yes, if you’re trying to understand what “vibe coding” actually means and how to use it for your own pet problems, Scott is pretty much the ideal person to ask. He knows the tools, he knows the history, and he has the extremely useful superpower of explaining intimidating technical ideas like a normal human being.

Come join and ask your questions, even if you’re a writer, editor, marketer, product person, student, tinkerer, or developer trying to understand how AI is changing the craft. If you’ve got an issue you’d love code to fix for you, this one’s for you!

P.S. Timestamps will be added to a companion blog after the stream, so if you can’t make it live, bookmark this email and make sure to check tomorrow’s email, and you’ll be able to jump straight to the parts you care about.

📬 Full writeup in tomorrow’s newsletter

Not free atm? We’ve got you. We’ll publish a full breakdown of everything we found in tomorrow’s daily newsletter, with the sharpest prompts, the biggest surprises, and a direct “how to try this yourself” guide.

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We’ve been doing a run of beginner-friendly livestreams lately. Start here if you’re trying to make AI useful for you without getting buried in jargon:

• A Total Beginner’s Guide to AI Agents & Automation: what agents are, how automation works, and which tasks are worth handing off. Companion guide here.

• The AI Starter Kit: what beginners should try first, what to ignore, and how to troubleshoot bad answers.

• OpenAI Workspace Agents 101: how workplace agents differ from chatbots and fit into repeatable team workflows.

• Stop Copy-Pasting Prompts: our 5-level AI proficiency stack, from projects to prompts, skills, automations, and agents. Companion guide here.

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Stay curious,

The Neuron Team

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