Designers Who Build · The Solstice Edition

We built something this June.

Four builders. One Saturday in Bengaluru. One working tool each.

Saturday, June 13 · 2026 · Innov8, Prestige Tech Platina, Bengaluru

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Five things that change after this day.

Not a curriculum - moments. Woven through the day, in the order they naturally come up.

  1. 01

    Scope before you build

    Knowing what NOT to build is the difference between "I shipped" and "I tinkered." We cut your idea down to its smallest interesting version before you write a line of code.

  2. 02

    Teaching your AI to remember

    Your AI doesn't have to forget what you said yesterday. The small habits that turn a one-day build into a one-month build.

  3. 03

    Iterating like a designer

    Branching three ideas in parallel, generating variants, picking one. The same instinct you have in Figma, applied to working code.

  4. 04

    Reading errors without panic

    Stack traces, console logs, build failures. Most designers freeze on these. We demystify them so you can keep moving when things break.

  5. 05

    Shipping the thing

    Deploy to a live URL, share it with anyone. The moment the workshop becomes real is when you text your group chat what you just built.

Pick from one of these. Or pitch your own.

Each one is sized for a single day. You leave with something working, deployed, and yours.

LinkedIn auto-post agent

A tiny AI team that drafts your LinkedIn posts and sends them to your Telegram for approval. Tap 'yes,' it posts.

You walk away with A working tool on a live URL.

Design explorations tool

Upload a wireframe. Get back several styled variants. Pick one. Ship it as a landing page.

You walk away with A deployed website + a reusable tool.

Client onboarding kit

Form captures your client's brief. AI structures it. You get a branded PDF proposal in your inbox.

You walk away with A working form + auto-generated proposals.

Portfolio that updates itself

Add a project via a simple form. Auto-styled page goes live. No more "I need to update my portfolio."

You walk away with A live portfolio + the tool that maintains it.

Research synthesis tool

Paste interview transcripts. Get back themes + supporting quotes.

You walk away with A working tool useful for any research project.

Content calendar generator

Pick a niche. Get 30 days of post ideas, with the first 5 drafted.

You walk away with A planning tool + a head start on your content.

Pitch your own

Have something specific in mind? Describe it on the form. We'll confirm it's doable in a day - or suggest the closest match from the menu above.

Pradeep Siddappa

Pradeep Siddappa

15 years designing and building products. Led design at Intuit India. Founder of Chiblu. Visiting faculty at NID, VIT, and Mahindra - taught 200+ students how to build with AI.

Built it. Loved it.

What June 13 felt like — in the builders' own words. If you were in the room, share yours below.

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