Agents burn tokens. Humans burn calories.
A daily session where you learn agentic coding and work out at the same time.
Ralphthon is a hackathon format where AI agents do the coding while humans do everything else. Born in Seoul, scaled to 150 people in San Francisco, backed by OpenAI.
Burn & Earn Ralphthon adapts this for Network School as a daily evening session. Set up your agent, hit the gym, come back to what it shipped. The better you delegate, the easier your workout.
| 30 min | Setup & Spec Writing CODE Delegate tonight's mission to your agent |
| 15 min | Warmup BURN Everyone. Light mobility and activation. |
| 15 min | Rest Trust your agent and rest — or go hands-on (lobster costume required) |
| 10 min | WOD 1 BURN Easy or Hard. Went hands-on? Hard is mandatory. |
| 15 min | Rest Rest or hands-on coding. Experienced builders help others. |
| 15 min | WOD 2 BURN Easy or Hard. Went hands-on? Hard is mandatory. |
| 15 min | Rest Rest or hands-on coding. Experienced builders help others. |
| 20 min | WOD 3 BURN Easy or Hard. Went hands-on? Hard is mandatory. |
| 30 min | Wrap-up CODE Review agent output. Prepare your demo. |
| 60 min | Showcase & Networking SHARE 5 min per person — demo your build or share your harness engineering |
You can pause your agent and code manually during any Rest period. But you must wear the lobster costume while doing it, and your next WOD is locked to Hard mode.
Standard workout. Accessible to all fitness levels.
Scaled up. The price you pay for not trusting your agent.
Trusted your agent? Rest, recover, and help others with their setup.
Went hands-on? Code hard — you'll need it before the next WOD hits.
A daytime session teaching how to run effective autonomous agent loops — spec writing, delegation strategy, and harness engineering. Sets participants up for success in the evening Burn & Earn session.
NS already lives "Learn, Burn, and Earn." Ralphthon's core mechanic — agents work while humans connect — maps directly onto that philosophy.
Working out together builds trust fast. Shared physical effort creates bonds that networking drinks can't match. The WOD sessions become the social fabric.
Delegation skill compounds daily. Day 1, you'll go hands-on and suffer through Hard WODs. By Day 5, your agent handles everything and you coast on Easy. Growth you can feel in your muscles.