Trying to put together the very first one in Bangalore.
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It's 7pm.
You just wrapped up work.
You told yourself tonight you'd finally sit down and work on your thing.
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Then you got home.
Netflix.
Instagram.
YouTube.
Reddit.
One more episode.
It's 11:47pm.
Tomorrow.
Again.
And again.
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The job isn't the problem. Home is.
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You have things you want to build.
You just don't have anywhere to go and do them.
What if, after work, you had somewhere to be?
the idea
A café. A laptop. A couple of hours of building.
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Not an event.
Not a meetup.
Not a networking night.
Just a room, somewhere in Bangalore, where a few of us show up after work and quietly build.
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You know the thing.
The half open tab. The saved course. The doc you never opened again.
You know what you want to work on.
You just keep not sitting down and doing it.
Because at home, the couch always wins.
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Nobody's expecting you at home.
Nobody's building next to you.
So starting feels heavy, and the evening just disappears.
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A quick note from me.
I've worked in Bangalore for a while and realised almost everyone I know has something they've been meaning to start.
An app.
A course.
An AI idea.
A YouTube channel.
A side project.
But most evenings end exactly the same.
I realised I wasn't the only one.
That's why I wanted to try this.
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A normal café.
People slowly walk in after work.
Laptops open.
Coffee arrives.
Everyone starts building.
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Different work. Same room.
That's what I want to try with After Hours.
A room in Bangalore. You show up after work. You open your laptop. You build for a couple of hours. You go home.
No pitches. No panels. No forced networking. No pressure.
Just a room of people quietly building.
what a first evening could look like
How the first one could feel.
Nothing fancy.
01Walk in after work.
02Grab a coffee. Say hi.
03Open your laptop and start.
04Leave when your thing feels done for the night.
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No talks. No pitches. Just building.
7PM_
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Your job stays the same.
One evening changes.
One evening is enough to start.
why i'm trying this
Why I'm trying this.
I've worked in Bangalore for a while, and almost everyone I know has something they've been meaning to start. A course. A side project. An app. An AI idea. A channel. A small business.
And almost all of us end our evenings the same way. Scrolling. Watching something. Telling ourselves we'll start tomorrow.
I realised I wasn't the only one.
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I kept wishing there was just a room I could walk into after work, open my laptop, and quietly build for a couple of hours. With other people doing the same.
I couldn't find one. So I thought I'd try to start it.
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After Hours is my small attempt at that.
Not another startup event.
Just one evening, in one café, to see if this even works.
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It isn't an app. It isn't a community platform. It isn't Discord. It isn't virtual coworking.
It's a real room, in Bangalore, full of people who'd rather build than scroll.
If a handful of us feel the same way, that's enough to try the first one.
who i'm hoping shows up
Who I'm hoping walks in.
Developers.
Designers.
AI engineers and AI builders.
Founders. Product folks.
Writers. Creators. Video editors.
Students. Freelancers. Researchers.
Marketers. Anyone learning a new skill.
Anyone with a thing they keep putting off.
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The word isn't founder. The word is builder.
Builder just means someone quietly working on something they care about.
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skill level?
Doesn't matter.
Learning your first thing. Ten years in and quietly bored. Somewhere in between.
You just need something you want to work on.
Let's see if this works.
I'm putting together the very first After Hours.
I don't even have the café finalised yet.
I'm first trying to find the right people.
If enough of us feel the same way, I'll email everyone and we'll figure out the first evening together.