Build Your Agentic Software Factory
Hugo Bowne-Anderson
AI builder, consultant, and educator
Eleanor Berger
AI and software engineering leader
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Build a personal software empire with agents that work for you
This course is for anyone who wants to build, whether you already write software or have never written a line of code. You might want to create something for yourself, turn an idea into a product, improve how your team works, or explore what is now possible.
Over two weeks, you will set up an agentic software factory: a system where agents work continuously in the background to build software for you. You will learn to describe the outcome you want, provide the necessary context and constraints, and define how the result should be checked.
You will start by building a simple utility that you use through conversation. You will then extend the same approach to a working web application and learn how to publish or share what you have built. Along the way, you will create a practical way to see what your agents changed, what they did, and what they learned.
You will leave with a working application, a repeatable way to delegate and verify work, and your own personal software empire – without needing to write or review every line of code.
Very Early Bird: $750 through Septembet 13th
Early Bird: $850 through October 1st
Full Price: $950
What you’ll learn
Build and run an agentic software factory that turns your ideas into working software—whether or not you currently write code.
Set up the agent system locally or in the cloud.
Understand the few parts of the setup you need to operate confidently.
Use the strongest model available to you without tying the workflow to one provider.
Describe the outcome, context, constraints, and definition of done.
Turn an idea or business need into a specification an agent can execute.
Delegate implementation without supervising every decision.
Start with a small conversational utility that performs a real task.
Build a personal web application around your own information or workflow.
Extend the approach to a tool for a team, workplace, or business.
Define what you need to see before you trust the result.
Inspect working artefacts and behaviour instead of reviewing every line of code.
Request reports showing what changed, what ran, and what the agent created.
Move from a personal tool to an application other people can use.
Understand the path from a prototype to a shared or hosted application.
Leave with a build process you can repeat for your next idea.
Learn directly from Hugo & Eleanor
Hugo Bowne-Anderson
Advises and teaches teams building AI systems; work has reached 6M+ learners.
Eleanor Berger
AI and Software Engineering Expert (Google, Microsoft, Canonical, Startups...)
Who this course is for
People with ideas for useful software, including product managers, designers, operators, founders, business professionals, and developers.
Hobbyists, independent builders, and domain experts who want to create something useful for themselves, their community, or other people.
Software developers who want to delegate at a higher level, build prototypes faster, and stop supervising implementation line by line.
Prerequisites
No coding experience required
You do not need to write code, but you should be comfortable giving clear direction, reviewing results, and managing a team of agents.
A local or cloud machine for your factory
Run your factory locally or in the cloud. We provide Hermes setup instructions and support for factories built with similar tools.
Access to strong agentic AI models
Access models through an API or subscription. Budget-friendly open models and the latest proprietary models are both suitable.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Hugo Bowne-Anderson & Eleanor Berger in a real-time, interactive format.
Validated starter projects
Choose from practical examples if you do not arrive with your own project idea.
Office hours and project feedback
Bring setup problems, project decisions, and early builds for direct feedback each week.
Community of builders
Share what you are building, compare approaches, and continue learning after the live workshops.
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Course syllabus
4 live sessions • 8 lessons
Week 1
Oct
12
Workshop 1: Set Up Your Factory and Build Your First Tools
Mon 10/1211:00 PM—2:00 AM (UTC)Oct
14
Office Hours
Wed 10/1411:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
Workshop 1: Set Up Your Factory and Build Your First Tools
Office Hours: Setup and Project Review
Week 2
Oct
19
Workshop 2: Build for Other People, Verify, and Publish
Mon 10/1911:00 PM—2:00 AM (UTC)Oct
21
Office Hours
Wed 10/2111:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
Workshop 2: Build for Other People, Verify, and Publish
Office Hours and Participant Demos
Schedule
Live sessions
4 hrs / week
One three-hour workshop and one one-hour office-hours session each week.
Mon, Oct 12
11:00 PM—2:00 AM (UTC)
Wed, Oct 14
11:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
Mon, Oct 19
11:00 PM—2:00 AM (UTC)
Wed, Oct 21
11:00 PM—12:00 AM (UTC)
Projects
3 hrs / week
Build and improve your own application between live workshops.
Async content
2 hrs / week
Setup, short reflections, and collaboration with the course community.
What could your software factory build?
An agentic software factory can be shaped around an idea from your work or personal life. It could build things like:
A customer or team operations system – Manage contacts, projects, workflows, access, updates, and reports.
A research and publishing system – Collect sources, organise work, manage review, and publish reports, newsletters, or websites.
A software product or online service – Build accounts, data, workflows, integrations, reporting, and background agents.
A custom learning platform – Organise material, exercises, feedback, progress, and events for you or your team.
A family intranet – Keep shared calendars, documents, plans, projects, knowledge, and private tools.
A hobby or travel application – Plan trips, recipes, gardens, or collections; create games and challenges.
A private social network or virtual world – Create profiles, spaces, events, stories, and games for friends or a community.
These are starting points, not limits. Bring any practical, ambitious, playful, or slightly crazy idea. Build a useful first version, then add hosting, authentication, roles, integrations, activity history, and reporting as it grows.
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