Ship AI

You can build a beautiful frontend. You can ship a prototype. But the moment you add real users, sensitive data, and automated workflows — the backend becomes everything.

This workshop is built for vibe coders who are ready to level up. We’re pulling back the curtain on the backend concepts that separate hobby projects from production-ready apps, and we’re making them approachable without dumbing them down.

What we’ll cover:
∙ Auth that actually works — understanding OAuth, JWT, and sessions from the ground up; how login flows work under the hood, what tokens really are, and how to implement auth correctly from day one using modern tools
∙ Row-level security & permissions — how to lock down your data so users only ever see what they’re supposed to; practical patterns using Supabase’s RLS that save you from catastrophic data leaks
∙ Database security with Supabase & Postgres — structuring your database with security in mind, avoiding common misconfigurations, and building a data layer you can trust
∙ API design & security best practices — how to design APIs that are clean, predictable, and hardened against the most common vulnerabilities builders accidentally introduce
∙ Automated workflows & background jobs — building the backend logic that runs while your users sleep; triggers, queues, scheduled jobs, and event-driven workflows that power real products

This isn’t just theory. We’ll walk through real patterns, live code, and the decisions you’ll face building your own apps — with AI tools in hand the whole way.

Who should attend:
Vibe coders and AI-first builders who are comfortable shipping frontends but want to build backends they can actually trust. If you’ve ever wondered “is this secure?” or “how do I add real auth?” — this session is for you.

Bring your laptop. It’s time to own the full stack.

Building the product is only half the battle. The builders who win are the ones who know how to get it in front of the right people — and keep them coming back.

This workshop is where the technical meets the tactical. We’ll cover the full launch and growth playbook for indie builders and founders, with AI tools woven into every step so you can move fast, punch above your weight, and grow without a marketing team.

What we’ll cover:
∙ Product Hunt launches — how to run a launch that actually lands; timing, positioning, assets, community activation, and the pre-launch prep most builders skip that makes all the difference
∙ Social media & content strategy — building an audience before you launch, creating content that drives traffic and trust, and using AI to maintain a consistent presence without it consuming your life
∙ SEO & organic growth — the fundamentals of getting found on Google, how to identify the right keywords for your product, and how to use AI to produce content that ranks and compounds over time
∙ Email marketing & waitlists — why your email list is your most valuable asset, how to build one before launch day, and the sequences that turn early signups into loyal first users
∙ Analytics & tracking — understanding what’s actually working; setting up the right metrics from day one, reading your data without getting lost in it, and making decisions that move the needle

We’ll show you how real builders are using AI tools to write copy, generate content, automate outreach, and analyze performance — so you can do more with less and stay focused on building.

Who should attend:
Founders, indie hackers, and AI-first builders who are ready to launch or want to grow what they’ve already shipped. If you’ve ever built something great and struggled to get traction — this session is for you.

Bring your product, your story, and your growth questions. Let’s get you some users.

☕ Spark: Coffee & Ideas
Join fellow builders and founders for our casual morning meetup where we share ideas, discuss what we’re working on, and connect over great coffee.

What to expect:
This is an informal gathering where you can talk about your current projects, get feedback on ideas, learn what others are building with AI, and make genuine connections with other founders in the community.

Whether you’re just starting out with an idea or actively scaling a product, Spark is where you’ll find other builders who get it. No presentations, no pitches—just real conversations about building, growth challenges, AI tools, and the founder journey.

Who should come:
∙ Founders building with AI (at any stage)
∙ Entrepreneurs exploring AI for their business
∙ Builders prototyping new ideas
∙ Anyone curious about turning ideas into reality

What to bring:
Just yourself and any ideas or questions you want to discuss. Coffee’s on us (or grab your own - we’ll share details closer to the date).

New to Ship AI?
Ship AI is a community of builders using AI to turn ideas into reality. We host coffee meetups and hands-on workshops focused on practical strategies to build, launch, and grow with AI tools like v0, Cursor, and more.

Come prototype your idea, learn new tools, and find your people. 🚀

Getting users is a system, not a hack. The builders who scale are the ones who understand the full growth landscape — where to invest, how channels work together, and how to read the data that tells you what’s actually driving results.
This session is a strategic deep dive into the growth levers available to mobile and web builders in 2026, and how to think about building a growth engine that compounds over time.

What we’ll cover:
∙ Referrals — designing referral loops that are built into your product from day one; why most referral programs fail and what the ones that work have in common
∙ SEO & programmatic SEO — the difference between content-driven SEO and programmatic approaches that scale; how to identify where your product can own search real estate and build pages that compound over time
∙ GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) — the emerging discipline of optimizing for AI-powered search; how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI Overviews are changing discovery and what builders need to do differently right now
∙ App Store Optimization (ASO) — the mobile equivalent of SEO; how to optimize your app’s title, keywords, screenshots, and reviews to maximize organic installs and visibility in the App Store and Google Play
∙ Paid search — how to think about Google Ads strategically, when paid search makes sense versus organic, and how to structure campaigns that don’t hemorrhage budget
∙ Apple Search Ads & Google Play Ads — the paid acquisition channels built specifically for mobile; how ASA and Google Play ads work, why they’re often the highest-intent traffic available for apps, and how to approach bidding and targeting
∙ Paid user acquisition & attribution — building a paid acquisition strategy that scales, understanding the attribution problem across channels, and choosing the right tools to know where your users are actually coming from
∙ Lifecycle marketing — push notifications, in-app messaging, and email flows that bring users back at the right moment; how to design the sequences that move users from activated to retained to loyal
∙ Community-led growth — building a community around your product that drives word of mouth, reduces churn, and turns your most engaged users into your best acquisition channel
∙ Cohort analysis & funnel analysis — how to stop looking at vanity metrics and start understanding user behavior over time; reading cohort data to identify retention drivers, spotting where users drop off between acquisition and activation, and doubling down on what’s working
∙ LTV & payback period — understanding how much a user is worth over their lifetime, how long it takes to recoup your acquisition costs, and why this number determines how aggressively you can invest in growth
∙ North Star metric framework — how to identify the single metric that best captures your product’s growth momentum and align every experiment and initiative around it
∙ AI-powered growth experimentation — using AI to run faster experiments, generate landing page variants, personalize at scale, and find insights in your data that would take weeks to uncover manually

Growth isn’t about picking one channel and hoping. It’s about understanding the full system, running smart experiments, and doubling down on what the data tells you is working.

Who should attend:
Mobile and web founders, growth-minded builders, and anyone who wants to move beyond guesswork and build a repeatable, data-informed growth engine for their product.
Come with your product and your growth questions. We’ll help you think through the strategy.