AI Coding Mentor — 1-on-1 Guidance Across the AI Coding Stack
The AI coding world moves weekly. Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, Antigravity, v0, Bolt, Replit Agent — each one has its own quirks, its own failure modes, its own “this worked yesterday” moments. No single course keeps up.
An AI coding mentor does something different from a course. I don’t hand you a curriculum and disappear. I meet you where you actually are — your tool, your project, your stuck point — and work on it with you in real time.
I’m Saad — founder of Aiqarus (AI agent governance), daily Claude Code user, working in AI coding tools since their early-access days. I take 1-on-1 mentorship sessions for people at any level, on any of the major AI coding tools.
Who AI coding mentorship is for
The cross-tool user
You use Claude Code for backend, Lovable for the UI, maybe v0 for a quick component. You want someone who understands all of them and can help you stitch a workflow that doesn’t break.
The stuck solo builder
You’re halfway through building something and one of your tools is fighting you. You don’t need a deep class on it — you need to be unstuck in an hour.
The beginner picking a tool
You’re brand-new to AI coding and overwhelmed by choices. You want someone who’s used them all to tell you honestly which one fits your situation.
The experienced dev adding AI to their workflow
You’ve shipped code for years without AI assistance and want to bring AI tools in without them degrading your standards. A mentor helps you calibrate.
What I cover
Claude Code (primary specialty)
Setup, CLI, skills, subagents, CLAUDE.md patterns, orchestration, agent architecture. Where I go deepest.
Other tools I can help you with
- Cursor — rules, Composer, indexing, keeping it focused
- Lovable — error loops, deploys, credit management
- Antigravity — navigation, setup, patterns
- v0 — component generation, iterating on output
- Bolt.new — common failure modes
- Replit Agent — when to use it vs alternatives
Meta-skills across all tools
- Prompting patterns that keep AI focused
- Reading AI-generated diffs without trusting them blindly
- Git as a safety net when AI breaks things
- When to fire the AI and just write the code yourself
Why cross-tool mentorship matters
Most mentors specialize in one tool. That’s fine if you’re going all-in on Cursor or all-in on Lovable. But most real projects use two or three tools together, and the friction isn’t within any one tool — it’s between them.
I’ve used every major AI coding tool long enough to have strong opinions. My mentorship doesn’t force you into the tool I prefer — it helps you get better at whichever ones you’ve chosen, and tells you honestly when a different one would serve you better.
About me
I’m Saad Sharif Ahmed — founder of Aiqarus, an AI agent governance company. Previously AI transformation at Agoda, where I drove 40% SLA reduction and 85% AI adoption across the engineering org. I use AI coding tools every day to ship real production systems — including the agent orchestration infrastructure behind Aiqarus. More about me →
Pricing
$99 for your first 60-minute session. $150 per session after that. Pay per session, no packages.
FAQ
What AI coding tools do you know?
Claude Code (primary specialty, daily user), Cursor, Lovable, Antigravity, v0, Bolt.new, Replit Agent, GitHub Copilot, Aider. I’ve used all of them in real projects. For Claude Code I can go deep — for others I can help you unstick and avoid common mistakes, but I won’t pretend to be the world’s expert on every tool.
Should I pick one tool or learn many?
Depends on your goal. If you want to ship one specific project fast, pick one and go deep. If you’re building a long-term practice as a “vibe coder” or technical founder, it’s worth knowing two or three tools at a working level — they have different strengths and the switching cost is lower than you’d think. My mentorship can help you decide which to prioritize based on what you’re actually trying to build.
I’m brand new to AI coding — where do I start?
Book a first session. Tell me what you want to build. I’ll tell you honestly which tool to start with, get you set up, and we’ll write our first real thing together in the session. That’s a more useful first hour than any intro video.