Crack the Claude Code
You've installed Claude Code. Maybe you've played with it a few times. But then... nothing. It sits there, unused, while you code the old way.
Sound familiar?
You're not alone. Most developers hit the same wall.
The tool feels overwhelming. You're not sure if you can trust the code it generates. And honestly? You don't know how to make it part of your actual workflow.
What if you could confidently use Claude Code for real work, starting today?
Crack the Claude Code cuts through the confusion with a proven path built for developers with 3-5 years of experience.
No theory overload. No advanced SDK tutorials you don't need yet. Just the foundations that transform Claude Code from "interesting experiment" to "daily workflow."
In 40 bite-sized lessons (~2 hours total), you'll learn to trust AI-generated code, ship faster, and avoid the pitfalls that trip up beginners. You'll nail verification workflows, custom configurations, and pick up the exact skills you need to make Claude Code your personal programming partner.
Stop letting Claude Code collect digital dust.
Start shipping code faster with AI assistance you can trust.
Mark Shust has over 20 years of real-life development experience and holds 6 Adobe Commerce certifications. He has helped tens of thousands of developers all over the world learn and improve their Magento skills through courses, lessons and tutorials.
Mark's passion is taking complex topics and simplifying them down into easy-to-understand concepts. He enjoys teaching others, and strives getting you to that "ah ha!" moment as quickly as possible.
M.academy really demystified complex topics in a way that helped me to learn and appreciate development work, and grow into truly loving it. My heartfelt thanks!
Foundational excellence
Step-by-step
This course breaks down Claude Code into easy-to-understand lessons that teach you exactly what you need to know, when you need to know it.
And you'll also get a 24/7 AI tutor to help you out when you get stuck.
Full 30-day money-back guarantee. Learn risk-free.
- Trust AI-generated code with confidence
- Master the "30-second reality check" and systematic verification workflows. Never ship code you don't understand or trust.
- Integrate CC into your daily workflow
- Go from occasional usage to confident daily development. Make edits, refactor code, and fix bugs with AI assistance.
- Manage costs and monitor usage
- Understand tokens, context, and costs. Keep your Claude Code usage efficient and avoid surprise bills.
- Set up advanced configurations
- Create custom slash commands for repeated tasks. Configure hooks for auto-formatting and validation. Customize your setup.
- Know when to use Claude vs. manual coding
- Learn which tasks AI excels at and when to code manually. Develop judgment that comes from real experience.
- Avoid common pitfalls and frustration
- Skip the permission headaches, context bloat, and trust issues that derail most developers. Learn from others' mistakes.
- Install and use MCPs effectively
- Get hands-on with Model Context Protocols. Learn to enhance Claude Code with tools like Playwright for browser automation.
- Build a foundation for advanced topics
- Get ready for SDK development, custom MCPs, and multi-agent orchestrations once you've mastered the fundamentals.
M.academy is exceptional. The courses are carefully crafted and packed with curated content that hits the educational target.
Prerequisites
3-5 years of development experience
Comfortable with the terminal and CLI tools
Ready to integrate AI into your workflow
Everything to succeed
- 40 step-by-step lessons
- 2h 0m of on-demand video
- Ability to ask tech questions
- Access to Maggie, the AI tutor
- Enhanced lesson transcripts
- Tech-friendly closed captions
- Multi-language support
- Certificate of completion
- Lifetime access
What you'll learn
Each video lesson can be played back & referenced as many times as you wish at slow or fast speed.
Perfect AI-enhanced tech-friendly closed captions available in 8 languages:
🇺🇸 ENEnglish🇪🇸 🇲🇽 ESSpanish🇵🇹 PTPortuguese🇫🇷 FRFrench🇩🇪 DEGerman🇵🇱 PLPolish🇮🇹 ITItalian🇺🇦 UAUkrainian
34 more lessons on the way!Here's the full curriculumFoundation and setup• Overview of the course• Install Claude Code• Approve and reset project permissions• Initialize and create a CLAUDE.md file• Understand .claude configuration directories• Manage memory in Claude.md files• Settings configuration fallback hierarchy• Setting environment variablesBasic operations and modes• Send a command• Toggle editing modes• Work with plan mode• Set different thinking modesWorkflow control and prompting• Interrupt agentic code-writing process• Efficiently process code diffs• Ask clarifying questions• Art of prompting• Speed up commands with voice promptingDebugging and error resolution• Debug and fix simple errors• Debug and fix complex errors with loggingToken and context management• Understand tokens, context and cost• Monitoring token and context usage• Clear conversation context• Rewind and continue code sessions• Compact conversations• Alternative to compacting conversationsVersion control and customization• Use Git• Create a custom slash command• Iterative refinement vs. starting over• WTF are Git commit hooks?• Set up an automated test running process• Work with permissions systemAdvanced features and optimization• Sharing images• Improve file lookup speed• Exclude sensitive file lookups• Modify the output style• Customize status lineExtensions and automation• WTF are MCPs (Model Context Protocols)?• Debug frontend issues with Playwright MCP• WTF are agents or subagents?• Create an autonomous documentation subagent
Get instant, personalized support when you need it most, available from any lesson in this course.
- Get answers instantly, any time of day or night
- Accessible from every lesson in this course
- Ship production code with confidence
Who should take this course?
I recently received University access through my employer and I must say the content is really, really good.
I can't wait for even more courses to be added.
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Empower up to 5 of your team members with AI-assisted development expertise.
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Elevate your development skills by enrolling in this course and finally understand AI-assisted development.
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