"Code is cheap. Show me the talk." — nadh.in/blog/code-is-cheap
Software development as we knew it is changing. LLMs have made building easier — anyone can spin up a clone of anything. So what matters now? Ideas, marketing, go-to-market, and real-world problem solving. This sparked a discussion among Build2Learn's core members on where to take the community next.
- College students have no idea how an employee works inside an organisation
- Instead of random hackathon teams, group students with experienced folks
- Give them the actual experience of building within a team/org structure
- Pick hot topics (e.g., AI Agents) and discuss industry-wide patterns, problems, and practices
- Come up with solutions and publish them
- Goal: Produce something foundational that the rest of the world can use
- With AI, anyone can build — the differentiator is marketing and sales
- Devs need to improve their marketing skills
- Build2Learn should do more launches — both from organisers and participants
- Ideation sessions can be done online (Google Meet etc.)
- Invite people who have built successful SaaS products to share insights
- Cover the full journey: idea → execution → go-to-market strategy
- While other communities focus on tech-based speakers, Build2Learn should focus on product-based speakers
- +1 on the marketing/launches direction
- Suggested a GMeet to discuss further
- Code is no longer the moat — ideas, execution speed, and distribution are
- Bridge the gap between building and shipping (marketing, sales, launches)
- Real-world mentorship — pair students with experienced professionals
- Publish & ship — don't just build at events, launch and market what you build
- Product thinking > tech talks — speakers who've shipped, not just coded
Collected from Build2Learn core team discussion, 1-2 March 2026