Build Track · Northern VA & DC Metro · In-person or online

You sit down.
You build.
You leave with something real.

A live deployed project with a real public URL. Built by you, using the same tools professionals use. No coding experience needed.

Tida Rask · 15+ yrs enterprise tech · Built AI systems
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3 hrs One afternoon
1:1 Just you
$250 Intro pricing
Live URL you keep

Every AI course shows you someone else building things.

Most AI courses

Watch someone else build things on a screen. Take notes. Go home with a PDF. Spend weeks trying to figure out how it applies to you. Mostly give up.

Bootcamps

Months of fundamentals before you touch anything real. Thousands of dollars. By week three you're still doing exercises. It works eventually, but it's slow.

This session

You sit down, you build, and by the time you leave you have a live site on the internet with your name on it. Everything else follows from that first real thing.

YouTube tutorials

Great when you know what to search for. When you're starting out, you don't know what you don't know. Nobody answers back when you're stuck at minute 14.

What you'll learn

Skills that work in the real world.

Not theory. Not a certificate. Five skills that put you ahead of everyone still watching tutorials.

Foundation
Prompt Engineering

How to communicate with AI precisely enough to get professional output. The skill everything else depends on, and the one most people never learn properly because nobody taught them how.

Judgment
Code Literacy

Not memorizing syntax. Reading and understanding what was built, knowing when something is wrong, and asking the right questions. More valuable than writing code from scratch in an AI-first world.

The big picture
Full Cycle Development

From idea to live URL. Understanding how the pieces connect. Most people learn one step. You leave knowing the whole pipeline and why each part matters.

Mindset
Product Thinking

Deciding what to build, what to cut, and what good looks like. In every session you are the product owner directing an AI. That role and that mindset is rare and increasingly valuable.

The meta-skill
AI Collaboration

Knowing when to trust the output, when to question it, when to push back, and when to ask for an explanation. This is what separates people who use AI well from everyone else.

Ready to build?

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The toolkit

No subscriptions needed beforehand.

Code Management
Where your code lives. Every change is tracked, versioned, and recoverable. You create your account during the session.
Free · you create your account
Claude Code
The AI that builds what you describe. You direct it. It codes. You use Tida's account during the session, so nothing to set up beforehand.
Covered during session
Website Hosting
Your site goes live in 60 seconds. Free forever. Every update you push goes live automatically. Your portfolio stays up long after the session ends.
Free · you create your account
Code Editor
The industry-standard editor professionals use. Free, powerful, and what you'll keep using long after today. Introduced at the end of the session.
Free · shown at end
Your Domain
yourname.com pointed to your live site. Optional but impressive. You own it for about $12 a year.
~$12/year · totally optional
Keep building after?
Full access to Claude Code on your own for about $20 a month. Cancel anytime. Your code management and hosting stay free regardless.
~$20/mo · optional · cancel anytime

Anyone who wants to make something real.

Professionals
Business Owners
You have an idea for a tool or a site. You've thought about building it for months. This is how you go from idea to live in one afternoon.
Professionals
Career Changers
You want to move toward tech but don't know where to start. A live project built with real tools is a better first step than any course or bootcamp.
Students
High Schoolers & College Students
A live portfolio built with AI tools stands out on college applications and to recruiters. One afternoon produces something real your kid can show off: a working site with their name on it.
Session options

Start here. Go further if you want.

Session II
Design & Build Your App
For people who finished Session I and want to keep going. Redesign and build your first real app.
  • Redesign your portfolio with AI design tools
  • Build a real interactive app project
  • Deploy everything live
  • Introduction to a professional code editor and local development
  • What to learn next and how to keep building
Who you're working with

15+ years building real systems.
Now showing you how.

I'm a software engineer and AI systems builder. My background is in enterprise technology at Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, and biotech. I hold a BS in Math and Computer Science and an MBA in Management Information Systems from Johns Hopkins.

My most recent work was building a complete AI-powered workforce management platform from the ground up. I know this workflow because I use it. I teach it because the tools are genuinely accessible now and most people just need someone to sit with them while they build the first real thing.

  • 15+ years enterprise technology
  • Johns Hopkins MBA · Management Information Systems
  • BS Math & Computer Science
  • Built production AI systems
  • Northern Virginia based · in-person or online
Session I · Intro pricing
$250
3-hour session · one-on-one
A few spots open each month. Price will increase as demand grows.
Book the intro chat with Tida
In-person or online · Northern VA & DC Metro

Ready to build
something real?

Start with a intro chat with Tida. We'll figure out what to build and whether this session is the right fit.

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