Next live session · Wed, Aug 12

Everyone gives you two options.
There's a third.

Bonaventure built Mctaba. On Wednesday, he walks through what building your own thing actually costs, honestly, on both sides.

100% free · no cardRecording sent to everyoneLive Q&A

500+ developers already learning together every week

Free · Admit One
WED
12
AUG
McTaba live session · 8:00 pm EAT

The Third Door

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Building something? Drop a live link — the first five get reviewed on air.

Meeting link + calendar invite arrive by email, instantly.

After you register

Your inbox does the remembering

One form, three automatic emails, zero hunting for links five minutes before we go live.

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We're live in one hour

Your join link, one click away — recording follows within 24 hours

What the hour looks like

No slides read aloud. A feature, built.

The session in three movements — watch it happen live, then do it yourself with the template.

app/api/ai/route.ts
// live: shipping an AI feature
const ai = new Anthropic();
 
export async function POST(req) {
  const { prompt } = await req.json();
  const stream = await ai.messages.stream({
    model: "claude-sonnet-4-6",
    messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
  });
  return stream.toResponse();
}

Forty minutes of live coding — a real feature on a real Next.js app.

COST / 1K REQUESTS
GPT-4 CLASSKES 1,940
CLAUDE SONNETKES 1,290
OPEN-SOURCE (HOSTED)KES 610

ILLUSTRATIVE — WE PULL THE REAL NUMBERS LIVE

The per-request costs nobody puts in the tutorial.

PRE-FLIGHT
Streaming responses working
Fallback when the API is slow
Spend alerts before the surprise
Template pushed to registrants
DEPLOYED · LIVE

You leave with the template — and your questions answered.

What you'll leave with

Worth sixty minutes of your Wednesday

A clear picture of what building gives you

You own what you make, you learn faster because the consequences are real, and the thing itself becomes your proof.

The real cost with numbers

No income floor, nobody catching your mistakes, as much time selling as building. The costs that only show up once you are in.

A version that does not require jumping

Building for one real person, charging something even if it is small, keeping your income floor. The third door opens gradually.

Live project feedback

The first five submitted projects get reviewed on air. Three questions each: what problem, what to fix, what is good. Top three win free Career Day tickets.

Run of show

Sixty minutes, minute by minute

00:00

What it gives you

You own what you make, you learn faster than any course because the consequences are real, and the thing itself becomes your proof.

00:15

What it actually costs

No income floor, nobody senior catching your mistakes, and as much time selling as building. Told with real numbers, not vague honesty.

00:30

The small version

Building for one real person with a real problem, charging something even if it's small, and keeping your income floor while you do it. The third door doesn't require jumping.

00:45

Live project review

Bonaventure reviews the first five submitted projects live on air, cold, no pre-reading. What problem is this solving, what to fix first, and what's genuinely good. Top three win a free ticket to Career Day.

00:55

Your questions

Open Q&A. Bring your real situation.

From past sessions

Developers keep coming back

I'd watched five tutorials and shipped nothing. One session here and my feature was live the following week.

Brian M.Developer, Nairobi

The cost breakdown alone was worth it. Nobody else shows you the actual numbers before you commit.

Achieng O.Career switcher

Free, live, and they answered my exact question about my own app in the Q&A. I registered for the next one on the spot.

Kevin W.Founder

500+ developers in the McTaba Discord between sessions — comparing notes, finding accountability partners, staying ahead.

Questions

The honest answers

Is it really free?

Yes. Webinars are how we show our teaching before you pay for anything. No card, no trial, no catch.

Will there be a recording?

Yes. Every registrant gets the recording by email within 24 hours. Register even if Wednesday evening does not work.

Do I need to have a project to attend?

No. The project review is optional; submit a link when you register if you want feedback. The session is valuable either way.

What if my project is half-broken?

Half-broken is the point. If it were finished, there would be nothing to review.

Is this a sales pitch?

The last five minutes cover how to go deeper with McTaba if you want to. The first 55 are the actual content.

This isn't a one-off

Every week. Always free.
8:00 PM EAT.

A standing invitation from McTaba Labs. Miss this one and there's another next week — but your competition isn't waiting.

Save my seat for Wednesday

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