Our Format
We learn by building, in the open.
Sri Lankan developers don't need another lecture. They need to watch real problems get solved in real time — including the dead ends. So our sessions are live builds, not slide decks.
One idea, built live, from pick to ship.
Phase 1 — Pick
- A tuk-tuk fare splitter
- A Sinhala–English flashcard app
- A power-cut schedule notifier
- A wedding RSVP bot
- A live cricket score widget
The room proposes real problems and votes. One idea wins.
Phase 2 — Build
Phase 3 — Ship or Break
The last line resolves. Did it ship, or did it break? Either way, we learned something real.
Why unscripted?
A rehearsed demo hides the part that actually teaches you something: the moment the build goes sideways and someone has to think their way out of it.
At a Hatch session, the developer hasn't seen the problem before they walk in. You watch them prompt, get it wrong, re-prompt, and recover — which is exactly what building with Claude Code looks like on a normal Tuesday.
Honesty over polish. That's the whole format.
A real session, in one block
$ claude-code "build a tuk-tuk fare splitter" > Reading the room — 12 votes. Building the fare splitter. > Scaffolding Next.js + a shared-trip model... > Wrong turn: tried localStorage, moved to a shared link. > npx supabase gen types typescript ... done. > Deploying to the edge... ✓ Shipped: claudecode.lk
The on-ramp for first-timers.
A short lesson on one Claude Code capability, then the whole room builds the same small thing together — with help on hand. Lower stakes, same momentum.
Show what you built.
Members present what they shipped that week — short, honest, audience Q&A after. It runs as a recurring event type rather than a separate pillar.
Three formats, one community
| Format | Who it's for | Duration | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch | All levels | ~60 min | Audience picks a real problem; a developer builds it live, unscripted, with Claude Code. |
| Pathfind | First-timers | ~45 min | A short lesson on one capability, then the whole room builds the same small thing together. |
| Showcase | All levels | ~60 min | Members present what they built that week — 5–7 minutes each, with Q&A after. |
- Who:
- All levels
- Duration:
- ~60 min
Audience picks a real problem; a developer builds it live, unscripted, with Claude Code.
- Who:
- First-timers
- Duration:
- ~45 min
A short lesson on one capability, then the whole room builds the same small thing together.
- Who:
- All levels
- Duration:
- ~60 min
Members present what they built that week — 5–7 minutes each, with Q&A after.