From idea to a live, shared URL — in days, not months.
A hands-on intensive for business professionals, product managers, and executives who want to increase AI literacy, prototype ideas and build real software — no prior coding required.
Total users
2,847
Revenue
$12,430
Open tasks
14
✓ Your app. Your idea. Live on the internet.
deployed · liveThe shift
The cost of building just collapsed. Now what?
AI coding agents have compressed weeks of engineering into hours. The bottleneck is no longer writing code — it's knowing what's worth building, and building it responsibly.
The new edge isn't typing speed. It's judgment and literacy — product thinking, user testing, and the ability to direct a fast, literal AI builder toward something that actually matters.
Build better, not just faster.
Who it's for
Built for people who direct builders — or want to become one.
Business & MBA professionals
Build real prototypes instead of writing specs and waiting. Turn your ideas into working software you can show, test, and iterate on.
Product managers
Prototype, test with users, and communicate in working software rather than docs. Close the gap between what you imagine and what gets built.
Executives & leaders
Gain genuine fluency with AI coding tools — enough to set direction, evaluate work, and collaborate credibly with your engineering team.
What you'll walk away with
Judgment and literacy you keep.
Work with a coding agent as a director, not a passenger — and leave with full-stack literacy to keep going.
- A working, deployed app with a live URL — your own idea, built during the program.
- The ability to prototype to communicate, explore requirements, and de-risk an idea.
- Real understanding of how to work with a coding agent as a director, not a passenger.
- Full-stack literacy: front end, APIs, databases, secrets, deployment, and AI features.
- A portfolio artifact: problem brief → PRD → live app + repo → user-test findings → AI feature.
- A foundation for what's next: building agents and workflow automation.
How it works
Seven steps. Three days. One live app.
Think & prototype
Frame a real problem, pick one idea, and lock it in. You leave Day 1 with a clear brief and a first working prototype.
Direct the agent
Set up Cursor, write a lightweight PRD, and generate a first working app. You're the director; the agent is a fast, literal junior builder.
Get feedback
Run a quick, bias-aware user test and turn the findings into real changes. Build → measure → learn in a single session.
Ship it
Git + GitHub + cloud deploy. You leave with a real, shareable URL — not a local prototype, a live app.
Add power
Call a live public API, add a real database (Postgres), and keep secrets safe server-side.
Add intelligence & polish
Add an AI feature, write basic tests, and level up how you instruct the agent for quality and security.
Demo
A gallery walk of live apps. Every participant ships and presents their own working product.
The stack you'll learn
Industry-standard tools. No prior experience required.
Format & what's included
Three days. Seven steps. Hands-on the whole time.
About the instructor
Melanie Brewer
Creator of the Destination: Shipped curriculum
Melanie Brewer builds AI-powered products for the life sciences, with a PhD in Molecular Biology from UCLA and a master's in Human Factors in Information Design. She created Destination: Shipped to teach non-engineers how to direct AI coding agents with real product judgment.
FAQ
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First cohort runs in 2026 — join the waitlist for dates.