PAST THE
PROMPT
Every two weeks. A workshop for AI builders stuck between tutorial and production.
Past the Prompt is a peer workshop for vibe coders stuck between tutorial and production. Not a talk, a working session: bring your stuck point, leave with a plan. 90 min, ~20 spots, free.
CHIANG MAI · MON AUG 24 · 6:00 PM
The Morning Your Model Is Gone
You open the laptop and the model you build on is gone. Not broken, gone, by a decision you had no part in. This one is Open Hours: a room, not a talk. Drop in any time between 6:00 and 7:30, talk to the group or to Jed one on one, and leave when you have what you came for. Bring a laptop and the thing you are building. No project yet is fine. Bring the idea.
4SEAS NIMMAN, 3RD FLOOR · DROP IN 6:00 TO 7:30 · FREE
Between Editions
MAY + JUNE 2026AI-Written Code, Safe to Ship
A founder-led software business was shipping AI-written code faster than anyone could safely review it. That process is now fixed: delivery got faster, and the same team takes on more client work.
JUNE 2026 · CHIANG MAI
Talk to Humans. Let the Agents Do the Rest.
Main stage at DCMEX26 (Dynamite Circle Mexico), an international conference of founders and operators. The method this series runs in the room, delivered from the stage. The recording traveled through private founder communities.
MAY 8, 2026 · MEXICO CITY
AI Workshop for Entrepreneurs
Hands-on at DCMEX26: founders and operators applying AI to their own businesses, one business at a time. The same craft this series teaches in Chiang Mai, taken on the road.
MAY 2026 · MEXICO CITY
Past Editions
8 SHIPPED · NEXT: AUG 24The Agent You Stopped Watching
Open Hours, no fixed agenda. What the room kept coming back to: running an agent you did not write, and checking it keeps behaving.
AUGUST 17, 2026
Fixing What Actually Matters
Structured peer review on your own project: someone who owes you nothing tells you what they see, and you turn it into one decision worth making next.
JULY 27, 2026
Building Something People Actually Want
The relaunch. A validation sprint on your own project: peer interviews, then a five-voice agent council that argues about your idea until it has edges.
JULY 13, 2026
Washing Away the Features
Post-Songkran cut-list workshop. Bring your project. Leave with three features removed and the words to explain the cut.
APRIL 17, 2026
The Licenses You Didn't Read
Deep-dive into the license files your AI tool accepted on your behalf. What you can ship, what you can't, and what happens if you guess wrong.
APRIL 3, 2026
When Your Free Tier Runs Out
Your side project went from $0 to $60/month. Map your cost drivers and find the cheapest path to keep it alive.
MARCH 20, 2026
When the AI Says "Fixed" But Nothing Changed
The #1 frustration in AI coding: you can't tell if the AI actually fixed anything. 3 ways to verify output without understanding every line.
MARCH 6, 2026
Getting Unstuck as a Vibe Coder
Inaugural edition. The broadest possible net: bring whatever is blocking you, pair up, and the group helps you find a next step.
FEBRUARY 20, 2026
How Does the Workshop Work?
Pair Conversations
Everyone shares what they're stuck on. You pair up with someone facing a similar problem. 25 minutes of focused troubleshooting.
Dot Voting
The group votes on which problems to tackle together. The most common stuck points rise to the top. 5 minutes.
Hot Topics
35 minutes on the top-voted problems. The whole room contributes. Solutions, workarounds, and "I tried that, here's what happened."
Not a Lecture
No slides, no keynote, no "let me show you my framework." You bring the problems, the room brings the answers.
Jed Tabaczynski
BUILDING SINCE 2007 · CHIANG MAI
Most of my career has been inside engineering teams, from early startups to systems serving millions of users. Now I build products with AI and run workshops for builders doing the same.
Past the Prompt exists because nobody teaches the messy middle. You shipped something. It works, mostly. What happens next is where the room helps.
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NEXT: MONDAY AUG 24, 6:00 PM, 4SEAS NIMMAN. THEN EVERY TWO WEEKS. FREE, ALWAYS.