Prompt to Production

Stop building prototypes. Start shipping real apps. You've used Lovable. You've played with Bolt. You know what Replit can do. And at some point, you hit the ceiling. This workshop is what comes next. In this hands-on session, we'll move beyond AI app builders and into a real, production-ready Rails workflow — using Codex to do the heavy lifting without sacrificing good engineering. By the end, you'll have gone from an idea to a deployed application, not just a demo. What we'll build: A modern Ruby on Rails backend with a React frontend — designed with a real API, authentication flows, and a deployment pipeline you can actually use. What we'll cover: • Structuring a Rails app with a React frontend. • Using Rails/ERB for marketing and authentication flows, React for the authenticated product UI. • Designing an API with future mobile support in mind. • Using Codex to plan, generate, review, debug, and ship real code. • Deploying to a DigitalOcean Droplet with Kamal. • Keeping AI-assisted development grounded in good engineering practices. Who this is for: Anyone who has hit the wall with no-code and AI builders and wants to understand what production development actually looks like. No gatekeeping. All experience levels welcome. Where: eMYRge — 509 9th Ave N., Myrtle BeachPresented by Joe Clarke — CTO, founder, and battle-tested Rails engineer building durable software companies from early hosting platforms to national real estate tech and AI-powered products. Find out more about Joe at: https://jclarke.xyz Cost: Free. No registration requirements.