We shipped this whole site in an afternoon — with the method we teach.
By Jan Cichocki · Cichocki Advisory · Lakeville, MN
If you came to lakeville.ai wondering whether the method we teach actually ships real things — you're reading the proof. This whole website — the pages you are reading, a working signup flow, a public API, daily monitoring — runs on the exact stack we walk owners through in the sessions: a small Linux box on the internet, an SSH key, and an AI that writes code.
Day one was real. We took the working group from "needs a website" to "fully designed editorial site, dual-track for owners and enterprise teams, every link verified" in one focused afternoon. Not by writing every line of code by hand. Not by hiring a developer. By describing what we needed, in plain English, to an AI that wrote the code — then reading what it produced, asking follow-up questions, and shipping it.
That's the muscle we teach in the room. Read the method if you want the specifics. The first session is targeting September 1, 2026 — not confirmed until the email goes out — hop on the list if you want to be there when the conversation starts.
Why this story is here. Most "we built our own thing" content is a humble-brag. This one's a build log because the page needed to start with something real, held to the same standard member stories will be.