NEW COHORT / 09.26

Project-based technology education

Not another video library. A studio where you build, test, break and ship with senior mentors.

BUILD WHAT CHANGES YOU

career.ts

01 const nextVersion = {
02   skills: ["build", "ship"],
03   confidence: true,
04   proof: await realProjects(),
05 };
06
07 deploy(nextVersion);

BUILD SUCCESSFUL00:43

AI SYSTEMS

FULLSTACK

CYBERSECURITY

PRODUCT

14 weeks from guided foundations
to a public demo day

01 / The school that behaves like a studio

Learn less like a student.
Work more like a maker.

Every week ends with something visible: an interface, service, model, audit, prototype or decision you can explain.

Build in publicCritique weeklyShip deliberately

02 / Choose your direction

One academy.
Four ways in.

Select a track to see the curriculum, project stack and the role it prepares you for.

TRACK / FS-01FOUNDATION → ADVANCED

Fullstack engineering

Design and ship web products across frontend, backend, data and deployment.

TypeScriptReactNodePostgreSQL

curriculum.jsonLIVE

W01—03Interfaces that explain themselves24h

W04—06APIs, data and reliable flows32h

W07—10Systems, testing and deployment44h

W11—14Capstone product sprint56h

Target roleJunior / Middle Fullstack Engineer

03 / Learning loop

Every skill moves through the same four-state system.

LOOP01

UNDERSTAND

See the system.

Short guided sessions turn a complex topic into a map you can use immediately.

BUILD

Make it real.

Apply the idea inside a project before the concept has time to become abstract.

CRITIQUE

Explain every choice.

Senior feedback focuses on trade-offs, not cosmetic fixes or copied answers.

SHIP

Put it in the world.

Deploy, document, present and turn the work into evidence of capability.

04 / Try the learning environment

Open a terminal.
Choose a challenge.

lumen-lab — zshCONNECTED

lumen@academy:~/lab$ run challenge --audit-api

Loading brief: auth-service-v2...

✓ endpoint map generated

✓ rate-limit behavior detected

! token scope may be broader than required

Challenge ready. Explain the risk and propose a fix.

you:~/lab$

05 / Student work

Proof beats promises.

Capstones are designed to be inspected, questioned and used — not hidden inside a course dashboard.

LIVE SYSTEM MAP

01 / CYBERSECURITY

SignalWatch

Threat monitoring console that turns raw events into explainable incident paths.

PythonFastAPIReact

KNOWLEDGE GRAPH

02 / AI SYSTEMS

Grounded Garden

Research assistant that reveals its evidence path instead of hiding uncertainty.

RAGEmbeddingsNext.js

14:28Route ready

MOBILITY PRODUCT

03 / PRODUCT DESIGN

Atlas Move

Accessible trip-planning experience for people navigating unfamiliar cities.

ResearchFigmaPrototype

WEB

API

DATA

DEPLOYED PRODUCT

04 / FULLSTACK

StudioStack

Operations platform for independent studios, from brief to invoice and delivery.

TypeScriptPostgreSQLDocker

06 / Career simulator

Move the slider.
See the evidence grow.

STARTSPRINT 01SPRINT 02DEMO DAY

STAGE 01Learn the system

Map the field, understand the tools and complete your first guided build.

Projects1

Reviews2

Public demos0

Career assets1

Your proof stack

0senior mentors

0live briefs shipped

0% finish with public work

0weeks per cohort

07 / Join the next cohort

Your next version needs a deadline.

Tell us where you are now and what you want to become able to build.

Next startSeptember 21