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Past session · Wed, Aug 19

Everyone says build something. Nobody says what.

Pendo comes back for the half she skipped. How to pick the project actually worth your next three months.

Recording availableAired Wed 19 Aug · 8:00 PM EAT

500+ developers already learning together every week

What the hour looks like

No slides read aloud. A feature, built.

The session in three movements — watch it happen live, then do it yourself with the template.

app/api/ai/route.ts

// live: shipping an AI feature

const ai = new Anthropic();

export async function POST(req) {

const { prompt } = await req.json();

const stream = await ai.messages.stream({

model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",

messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],

});

return stream.toResponse();

}

Forty minutes of live coding — a real feature on a real Next.js app.

COST / 1K REQUESTS

GPT-4 CLASSKES 1,940

CLAUDE SONNETKES 1,290

OPEN-SOURCE (HOSTED)KES 610

ILLUSTRATIVE — WE PULL THE REAL NUMBERS LIVE

The per-request costs nobody puts in the tutorial.

PRE-FLIGHT

Streaming responses working

Fallback when the API is slow

Spend alerts before the surprise

Template pushed to registrants

DEPLOYED · LIVE

You leave with the template — and your questions answered.

Save my seat — it's free

What you'll leave with

Worth sixty minutes of your Wednesday

A filter you can actually use

One question that separates a project worth three months from a tutorial with extra steps. Name the person, or don't build it.

Somewhere real to look

Where beginner-sized problems actually live — your own friction, a family business, the shop down the road. Not a list of app ideas.

Permission to start something unimpressive

Small and finished beats ambitious and abandoned. Especially now, when a working thing can exist in days.

Your excuses handled out loud

Already exists, too simple, not ready yet. Named and answered by someone who reviews this work for a living.

Run of show