Come build with us.
Pau hana build nights, demo days, and a Discord where island founders, students, and builders ship side by side. Bring an idea, leave with a prototype. Never coded? No worry, most of us hadn't either.
A typical build night
- 5:30
- Doors, pūpū, say hi
- 6:00
- One short demo of something shipped
- 6:20
- Build. Pair up if you want help
- 8:00
- Show what you made, even if it's broken
Coming up
[Thu, date]
5:30 to 8:30pm
Pau hana build night
[Venue], Kakaʻako
Monthly. Bring a laptop and one idea. Pūpū provided.
Save a seat [RSVP link][Sat, date]
10am to 1pm
Beginner morning
[Library or café], Honolulu
Zero to first prototype in three hours. No experience needed.
Save a seat [RSVP link][Thu, date]
5:30 to 8:30pm
Maui build night
[Venue], Kahului
Our neighbor island night. Same format, more rain.
Save a seat [RSVP link][Fri, date]
6 to 9pm
Demo day
[Venue], Honolulu
Five minutes each, something you shipped. Open to everyone.
Save a seat [RSVP link][Thu, date]
5:30 to 8:30pm
Hilo build night
[Venue], Hilo
East side edition.
Save a seat [RSVP link]
Dates are placeholders. Neighbor island meetups rotate; tell us in Discord if you want one near you.
Three ways in
Discord
Daily. Ask a question, share a link, find someone to pair with. Channels by island and by what you're building.
Join [discord invite]
Playbooks
The prompts, stacks, and checklists we actually use, written for people who have never opened a terminal. Free.
Read them [playbooks link]
Demo day
Quarterly. Five minutes each, something you shipped, in front of people who'll actually use it. Talk story after.
Apply to demo [demo day application link]