MakersLounge Toronto #10: Claude Code Workshop 🚀
MakersLounge Toronto #10: Claude Code Build & Demo Night 🚀
Stop watching tutorials. Start building real software tonight.
This is a hands-on Claude Code workshop + build night designed for non-technical founders, creators, and anyone curious about building software with AI. No coding background needed. You'll walk in with an idea and walk out with something you actually built then show it off to the room.
👨🏫 Your Host
This workshop will be led by Vimal Kumar Parthasarathy, who'll take you through Claude Code from first principles to shipping real software. Vimal has gone deep on the tool the plugins, the workflows, the gotchas and has distilled it all into a practical session so you don't have to learn the hard way.
🕕 The Evening (6:00 PM – 9:00 PM)
6:00 – 7:00 PM - Live Training We'll walk you through Claude Code from scratch — what it is, how it works, and the features that separate "just prompting" from actually building quality software. Not a lecture we'll build something live, together, so you can see exactly how the workflow feels.
7:00 – 8:30 PM - Guided Build Session You build. We help. Pick a project, your own idea or one of our starter templates and start building it with Claude Code. We'll be in the room guiding you through the process, troubleshooting, and helping you get unstuck.
8:30 – 9:00 PM - Demo Time Show the room what you made. No slides needed just your screen, your prototype, whatever you've got. Get real feedback from other makers (not just "looks great!").
🎯 What You'll Walk Away With
Something you actually built, running on your machine, before you leave the room
A practical guide to building products with Claude Code not theory, real workflow
Access to our curated Claude Code plugin repo that pushes vibe coding toward production-quality software
Curated guides and documentation that distill the core concepts we learned the hard way so you don't have to
Real feedback on your work from a room full of motivated makers
Post-event support through our Slack community
💡 Why This Session Is Different
There are tons of Claude Code resources out there. We know we went through all of them. This session takes everything we've learned and gives it to you in a simple, practical way. The goal isn't just prototyping. It's showing you how Claude Code's features plan mode, CLAUDE.md, plugins, subagents give you more control and autonomy so you can vibe code AND ship quality software.
👥 Who Should Attend
Non-technical founders who want to build their own product
Creators and makers curious about AI-assisted development
Anyone who's tried vibe coding and wants to level up from prototype to real software
People who love seeing what others are building
This is NOT a deep technical dive. We're setting that expectation upfront. This is about sparking curiosity, giving you the tools, and getting you building.
✅ How to Join
RSVP on Luma (capacity limited)
Join our Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/makerslounge/shared_invite/zt-3jskghhzq-tIf15ivIldqyCQuRiPWIBA
Sign up for our app: https://www.makerslounge.ca/
Complete the pre-requisite setup guide we'll send after acceptance
⚠️ Before the Event — Setup Required
Once you're accepted, we'll send you a pre-requisite setup guide. Please complete it BEFORE the event. We want to hit the ground running and spend every minute building not troubleshooting installations. If you run into issues during setup, drop a message in our Slack and we'll help you get sorted.
🎒 What to Bring
Your laptop (Mac or Windows) - with the setup guide completed
A Claude Pro subscription (or higher) - required to use Claude Code. Get it at claude.ai if you don't have one yet
An idea for something you want to build (or use one of our starter projects)
Specific questions you want feedback on
An open mind and generous feedback for others
🤝 What Happens After
This doesn't end when you leave the room. Join our Slack community where we'll continue to support you ask questions, get your doubts cleared, and get help pushing your project to a repo you can showcase.
Space is limited. If you're not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your interest tremendously and look forward to seeing you at a future event very soon.
Come build something real. See you at MakersLounge!
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