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Mark Shust

My story

I nearly gave up on Magento. Then I built the path through it.

6x Adobe Commerce certified. 25+ years in web development. I spent years lost in Magento, so you can learn it in an order that makes sense.

The origin

From frustrated to teaching thousands

When I started with Magento, it took me years to become productive. I wasted months reading outdated blog articles, watching hard-to-follow YouTube tutorials, and got lost in the DevDocs, nearly giving up countless times. The learning curve wasn't just steep -- it felt impossible.

I remember thinking: there has to be a better way.

Why should every developer have to suffer through the same painful process? Complex concepts don't have to be taught in complex ways.

So in 2019, I founded M.academy with a simple belief: anyone with the desire to learn Magento can finally do so, if someone just takes the time to break it down properly.

Mark presenting at Meet Magento Florida 2023 about AI + Magento
Presenting about using AI with Magento at Meet Magento Florida 2023.

Today, developers from 85 countries trust M.academy to shortcut their path through it. Every lesson is designed around the same principle: take something complex and make it feel obvious. No 20-hour courses you'll never finish. No endless documentation rabbit holes. Just clear, simplified video lessons so you always know the next thing to learn, and never run out of road.

Credentials

Backed by real expertise

6x

Adobe Commerce Certified

Professional & Expert level certifications across Developer, Frontend & Business

25+

Years Web Development

PHP, MySQL, Docker, and the full LAMP/LEMP stack since the early 2000s

LinkedIn Top Voice

LinkedIn Top Voice

Hand-selected from 1 billion users. Just 0.0002% ever receive this recognition.

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Conference Speaker

Magento Imagine, Meet Magento New York, Meet Magento Florida & more

2.8K+

GitHub Stars

docker-magento, the most popular Magento dev environment on GitHub

100s

Articles & Publications

Featured in MageZine, Magento Association, and other leading publications

By the numbers

Trusted by developers worldwide

Simplified video lessons
700+
Comprehensive courses
20
Learning hours
44h 0m
Developers enrolled
16,000+
AI-assisted tutor chats
90,000+

One path, and it doesn't end

M.academy turns complex systems into a path, so a working developer always knows the next thing to learn and never reaches the end of it.

Writing code is cheap and fast now, but knowing how it works and whether it should even be there is what you have to earn. That is what every lesson here is for.

-- Mark Shust, Founder

Start where you are

Enroll in the Library and the open-access courses are yours, no credit card needed. The path starts there.