Grant Kurz
Technical setup instructor
Grant helps students get their local development environment working, understand terminal output, use GitHub, and recover when setup or deployment steps do not behave as expected.
SetupTerminalLocal dev
Course instructors
Meet the people helping students ship.
Students get practical help from instructors who focus on setup, debugging, deployment, GitHub workflow, and turning confusing error messages into clear next steps.
Programming help
Next.js, GitHub, terminal setup, deployment errors, and debugging steps.
Shipping guidance
Turning a first app idea into something live, shareable, and easier to improve.
Student support
Help requests, screenshots, code review notes, and plain-language next steps.
Backgrounds
Instructor team
Michael Friedberg
Course lead and product coach
Michael helps students move from a rough app idea to a working product plan, with emphasis on practical workflows, launch readiness, and using AI tools without losing track of what the code is doing.
Product thinkingAI workflowLaunch review
Katherine Burge
Student support and project guidance
Katherine supports students as they turn course tasks into clear progress, ask better questions, and connect the technical work to a project they can explain and share.
Student supportProject clarityMilestones
Gabe Klien
Instructor and student support
Gabe helps students stay oriented during hands-on build work, clarify confusing steps, and keep momentum as they move from setup to a working deployed app.
Student supportBuild workflowTroubleshooting
Micah Berkely
Code review and debugging instructor
Micah helps students read errors, review code changes, use screenshots and help requests effectively, and keep moving when their app breaks during class.
DebuggingCode reviewHelp requests
Code visibility
Students invite the instructor GitHub account so instructors can review project code during the course.
Milestone review
Instructors check setup, deployment, and project evidence as students move through the weekly work.
GitHub workflow
Students learn how to commit, push, share, and keep their app project understandable.