<Tech_Fluent> events are live workshops for professionals to build technical and AI fluency.
Understand the essentials, learn best practices, and apply new skills immediately.
No coding experience required. Brought to you by Varia Law.
Software and AI 101
The basics of software and generative AI to augment professional work and broaden skillsets.
Hands-on Practice
Guided sessions where attendees generate and run working code.
Privacy, Strategy, and the Future of Work
Approach and implement AI within privacy constraints, business strategy, and professional services.
Tech_Fluent v0.1 was held on April 10, 2026 in Washington, DC
The first public event was a success.
Attendees included law partners, non-profit leaders, accountants, marketers, financial advisors, and more. In one day we:
Covered software basics — what does local/client-side mean? why is RAM important? how do you optimize a website?
Wrote custom skills and prompt templates, using techniques like plan mode, reverse prompting, and team of rivals to get high-quality AI outputs (using CamoText to redact PII from documents)
Demonstrated Claude Code, Cowork, Cursor, Codex, and more
Discussed how AI changes the operations, strategy, and meaning of professional services
Critiqued some websites, and used English to code and SEO-optimize our own.
Tech_Fluent v0.1 Agenda
Time
Session
Description
9:00–9:30
Welcome Breakfast
Introduction and caffeination.
9:30–10:00
Software 101
Learn the basics of software, including common programming languages and frameworks. Why generative AI and crypto are meaningfully different from other software. The internet is not a series of tubes.
10:00–11:00
Practical, performant, private AI
Overview of generative AI concepts, options, and optimized usage. Prompting demos and tips for performance and privacy. Write a custom, optimized SKILL.md or prompt template.
11:00–12:00
Zero to Code
"Vibe coding" tips, strategies, and risks. Generate an app. Write and run a local automation script.
Use the morning's content and provided prompts to build/vibe-code a website. Good, bad, and slop web design examples. Anatomy of a website, frameworks, hosting, and SEO.
2:15–3:00
Skills, Plugins, and Agents
Overview of skills, plugins, and agents such as Claude Code, Cowork, and OpenClaw. Simple tips, examples, and demonstrations.
3:00–3:30
The Lean Software Stack for Business
Toolkit and strategy for efficient and optimized operations. From new "solopreneur" startups to modernizing established businesses.
3:30–4:00
Marketing and the Future of Work
Branding, content automation, and differentiation. How AI changes strategy, SEO, and marketing. Future trends in services, software, and where humans fit in.
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