Make your first app.
Starts
7 June 2027
Format
Live online, Mondays
Time
4–6 hours a week
Cohort
Up to 16 learners
One app, built in three stages.
Follow the core request flow within Queue, from a rough outline to a release you can walk someone through. These images show the broader product vision; the cohort focuses on one useful workflow. Use the same steps on a small idea of your own.
A small idea is enough to begin.
No coding experience needed. If you don’t have an idea yet, you can build Queue alongside the instructor.
Shiproom is for you if
You’re a founder who wants to test a focused product idea.
You’re an operator or designer with a repetitive workflow worth simplifying.
You’ve tried an AI builder and want a clearer process — and feedback.
What to bring
A laptop, a reliable connection, basic comfort with web apps and 4–6 hours a week.
Keep it low-risk
Use sample data. Payments, sensitive personal data and business-critical tools are out of scope.
Each week ends with something to show.
Build between sessions, bring your questions, and use each review to choose your next step.
Bring the part you’re stuck on.
A rough screen, a confusing error, a feature that grew too large. We use the work in front of us to make the next decision clearer.
Keep the first screen to the request title and its status. Add due dates once that flow is clear.
Alex Reed
Example feedback on a Week 2 review
Live workshops
Each week follows the sample app and explains the choices behind the build. Pause anytime to ask why.
Written reviews
Submit one focused update each week and get written notes on what to do next.
A shared thread
Post a screenshot, the step you tried and what happened. Replies within two working days.
AI-generated portrait · Alex Reed is a fictional instructor.
Your instructor
Alex Reed
Independent software builder and instructor
Alex teaches founders and nontechnical teams to turn small workflow problems into understandable software.
Every session starts with one question: what does this app need to help someone do? Alex connects the answer to a brief, an interface and a clear way to check the result.
Scope the idea
Find the smallest useful version and write it down.
Explain the decision
Every build choice comes with the reason behind it.
Review the work
Honest notes on what works and what needs attention.
Make room for four weeks of building.
One live workshop a week, a written review of your progress, and a clear deliverable to work toward.
June 2027 cohort
$390
USD, one payment
Four live workshops, with recordings
Four written project reviews
Questions answered within two working days
The sample project and four worksheets
Full refund until the first workshop starts.
Workshops
Mondays, 7, 14, 21 and 28 June 2027
Time
17:00–18:30 UTC, live online
Practice
4–6 hours a week, including the live session
Group size
Up to 16 learners
Access
Recordings and materials for 12 months
Tools
Claude Code, GitHub and Vercel. Subscriptions are paid to each provider, not included.
Refunds
Full course-fee refund before 7 June 2027, 17:00 UTC. None after the first workshop.
Before you pull up a chair.
Still deciding? Write to hello@shiproom.example and Alex will reply within two working days.
No. The course starts with a brief and introduces technical ideas as they become useful. You’ll still test what the AI produces and work through problems as they come up.
Give your idea a place to become real.
Week 1
A brief you can explain
Week 2
A screen people can click
Week 3
One flow that works
Week 4
A first release to show
Four weeks. Sixteen seats. Starts 7 June 2027.