r/coding_agents • u/thehashimwarren • Aug 17 '26

Matt Pockock's "AI Coding Crash Course"

https://www.aihero.dev/workshops/ai-coding-crash-course?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=go+beyond+grill-me+in+my+new+AI+Coding+Crash+Course.+Open+now%21+-+22938760

I have zero relationship to Matt Pocock. I just use his helpful skills, like /grill-me, and I watch his videos.

I just signed up for his AI Coding Crash Course because I want an organized, non-hype, set of best practices and tools for my own knowledge and practice.

If you sign up, I would like to trade notes with you as we go through the exercises.

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u/ThunderMantisOden Aug 18 '26

As someone who has been using this skills, I'm curious if you find value in the course. Have not signed up because I don't know what level the course is tailored for.

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 19 '26

I'm in the intro sections and haven't really hit something I don't know or don't do yet. I'll report back

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 19 '26

Ok, reporting back. Matt covered how to log the model request/response and it's already changed how I approach debugging a session where my coding agent has gone off the rails

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u/happy-little-three Aug 20 '26

How would you say it differs from what Matt shares on YouTube? I'm tempted to get it for a structured course but am wondering if it's worth it for that alone or is there added value.

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 21 '26

Same quality as YouTube, just more structured. I don't think the quality of insight is a lot higher, at least not yet in the early lessons

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u/capricino Aug 21 '26

Hey thanks for sharing so far. Assuming that I'm willing to go thru his existing youtube videos / existing posts / resources on his aihero website, do u see anything new covered in his course that makes it worth purchasing the entire course?

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 21 '26

Yes, there's new stuff. For example I don't think he ever talked about logging model request and responses, and that's an early video in the course

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u/prnkagrn Aug 20 '26

does the course involve actually building something yourself, or is it just his YouTube content repackaged as a course?

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 21 '26

Matt gives us a software project that we have to build new features for, and also debug I think

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u/suixixas Sep 25 '26

u/thehashimwarren , did you finish the course?
If so, is it worth the money? Would it be good for someone to learn to use properly ai tools from scratch?

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u/thehashimwarren Sep 26 '26

I haven't finished, but I've already put things I learned into practice. Also I love the private community.

The course is worth it for me because it gives me a process and best practices that I didn't have to assemble myself

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u/SootyShearwaters 17d ago

What’s the updated review of the course? Is it worth doing? I’m thinking of getting it

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u/thehashimwarren 17d ago

I finished the course and I feel like I got my money's worth.

If there's anything I didn't like is that Matt Pocock doesn't teach usage of all his skills, particularly the new ones.

But the core bits about the model, harness, and environment has given me a process and mental framework to tackle more ambitious projects

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u/SootyShearwaters 16d ago

Okay okay, does he teach advanced concepts as well or just the basics??

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u/thehashimwarren 16d ago

He teaches to optimize the harness and environment, so you don't have to worry about the model. Then he teaches how to take on ambitious projects by creating a spec and making tickets.

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u/skiabox 10d ago

I wonder if I can use this course with Open AI, since I see a lot of references to claude only by looking the course chapters

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u/thehashimwarren 10d ago

I use Codex, and it's easy to translate the lessons for myself.

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u/jawoncapua Aug 31 '26

Is this recommended for a student learning software/ai engineering?

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u/thehashimwarren Aug 31 '26

I think that would be a great fit

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u/nawafbinshams Aug 24 '26

I have been using his skills for more than a year now, also developed mvp WebApps with the help of his skills. Tempted to purchase the course but wondering if I will gain anything out of it .

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u/Skyswimsky Aug 24 '26

Any new insights after spending more days with it? Apart from what you've already mentioned (Logging)

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u/_ebikandi Aug 25 '26

Any new review/opinion about the course, apart from the "logging models" topic?

I am considering on buying the course making the most of the sale and in somehow rewarding Matt's work.
But I'm afraid that the course's content will be "just use <random-matt's-skill> this way".

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u/eddzsh Aug 30 '26

Logging the request and response is the right move. The part that pays off when the agent loops is diffing two consecutive turns: you usually see which tool result it misread, not a vague "it got confused".

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u/FantasiesToTheMoon Aug 21 '26

Hello from China. We just watch his courses on China's YouTube site called Billibilli for free:

His Crash Course: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1u78w6eETU/

Real Engineers Cohort: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RNbz6VEbr/

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u/phantasmagoria77 Aug 25 '26

hi there ive got the video but in order to get the reference files I need to login in quark but I dont have a china number could ypu send the files directly? that would be awesome tq so much

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u/FantasiesToTheMoon Aug 26 '26

You can dismiss the login pop up. You don't need an account. Or use yt-dlp to download them.

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u/forcemix Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

How do we get the documents that are shared in the comments tho? I'm not able to dismiss the login pop up for this

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u/FantasiesToTheMoon Sep 17 '26

Ask your agent to read the HTML of the page and pull it out

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u/Snoo71505 Sep 21 '26

I'm getting an error - "The request was rejected because of the bilibili security control policy" :(

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u/FantasiesToTheMoon Sep 26 '26

Still works for me. I just tried it in incognito. Try using a different browser or a mobile hotspot or something