Half-day workshop
AI writes code faster than ever. But coding was never the hard part. This workshop is for founders and business owners who need to stay in control of what gets built — and why.
The problem
AI tools have made implementation cheap. A developer with Claude or Copilot can produce in an afternoon what used to take a week. That sounds like good news — and it can be. But it also means the surface area for plausible-sounding, confident, wrong decisions has expanded dramatically.
Most founders aren't being failed by their tools. They're being failed by the gap between what the AI produces and what the business actually needs. That gap is a judgment call, and it still belongs to you.
What you'll cover
What AI actually changed about software delivery — and what it didn't
How to spot when your dev team is moving fast in the wrong direction
The questions every founder should be asking at a sprint review
Risk, review, and when to trust AI-generated code
What to let go of — and what to hold on to — as implementation gets cheaper
Practical frameworks for scoping, briefing, and reviewing AI-assisted work
Format
Length
Half day (approx. 3.5 hours)
Delivery
Live online, small group
Format
Presentation + Q&A + working session
Waitlist members get early access pricing and are first to choose their session date. Group size will be kept deliberately small.
Who is this
Practical Alchemy · Fractional CTO
I've led software teams building real scientific infrastructure for over two decades. I'm currently Head of IT at Instruct-ERIC, leading the design and delivery of ARIA — a large-scale digital services platform. I've been integrating AI into real team workflows since the tools became viable, and writing about what actually happens (not what the demos promise) on my blog and in The Work After Coding. This workshop is the distilled version of what I wish founders had known before calling me in to fix things.
No commitment. Early access pricing for people on this list. One question so I can make sure the content hits the right nerve.
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