Coaching
Sixty focused minutes on your codebase, in your tools. Walk away with a working AI workflow and the files to keep using it — not a reading list.
See coaching → Work with Mark directly
Done with you,
not just taught.
A Training Pack is the self-serve on-ramp. When you'd rather have the operator in the room — fixing your stack, teaching your group, or steering your team — there are three higher-touch doors. Same person who ships games and AI products for a living, working on your actual tools.
Group Workshops
The operator in your room, teaching your whole group hands-on — on the tools they already use, or the PickBits University curriculum taught live instead of read alone.
See workshops →Consulting
Multi-week engagements that embed AI workflows into how your IT or ops team actually works — 2–5× output by automating the busywork.
See consulting → Consulting · for teams
2–5× your team's output.
You're under pressure to deliver more with the same headcount. Status reports, alert queues, manual documentation, repetitive tickets — your team's time is consumed by work AI can handle. We identify, build, and embed the workflows that cut that overhead, so your people focus on what actually moves the needle.
2–5×
More time with customers
60%
Labor cost → cheap compute
4 wks
Avg. time to first win
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›Engineering
›DevOps / SRE
›Project Mgmt
›IT Support
›Security
›Data & Analytics
01
Audit & opportunity map
We find the workflows where automation delivers meaningful ROI — and honestly flag the ones where it won't.
02
Build & integrate
Working AI workflows wired into your real tools and data — not slideware. Shipped, tested, in production.
03
Enablement
Your team learns to run and extend what we built. Prompt vaults, configs, and playbooks they own.
04
Measure & expand
Track hours recovered and cost shifted, then roll the pattern to the next function.
Book a free strategy call →
30 minutes. No pitch. We tell you honestly where AI will deliver ROI.
Coaching · 1:1
Your codebase. Your tools. One focused hour.
A 60-minute 1:1 on your stack — building prompts, configuring tools, working through real tasks. Every Training Pack includes one session voucher to kick things off; buy more standalone any time.
60m
1:1 video session
7 days
Async follow-up support
Free
With every Training Pack
What you'll walk away with
// every session produces concrete, reusable outputs
Custom prompt library
A curated set of prompts and templates built for your role, your stack, and the tasks you do most. Yours to keep and extend.
pr-review.md
# PR Review — Rails API
You are reviewing a pull request for a Rails 7 API.
Focus on:
- N+1 queries (check includes/preload)
- Missing index migrations
- Serializer field exposure (no internal IDs)
- RSpec coverage for new controller actions
Format as:
## Summary (1–2 sentences)
## Issues (blocking / non-blocking)
## Nits (style, naming)Tool configs
Copilot, Cursor, Claude — whatever you run. Optimized settings, integration patterns, and the rules files that make them behave on your codebase.
.cursorrules
# Cursor Rules — React + TypeScript
You are an expert in React 18, TypeScript, Tailwind.
Conventions:
- Functional components with hooks only
- Prefer server components (Next.js 14)
- Zod for runtime validation at API boundaries
- Co-locate tests: Button.tsx → Button.test.tsx
Never:
- Use `any` — use `unknown` and narrow
- Leave console.log in committed codeWritten playbook
A step-by-step plan documenting everything we built — clear enough to follow without us, shareable with your team.
session-playbook.md
# Playbook — Maria, Senior DevOps
# Stack: Terraform + AWS + GitHub Actions
## What We Built
1. IaC Review Prompt — catches security groups,
missing tags, drift risk before apply
2. CI Pipeline Generator — service name in,
deploy workflow w/ staging gate out
3. Incident Runbook Writer — post-mortems
into on-call runbooks
## Action Items (This Week)
☑ Add IaC review prompt to shared vault
☑ Test pipeline gen on billing-service
☐ Share runbook writer with on-call lead7 days async support
Questions come up as you apply the workflow. Reply to your follow-up email anytime that week — responses within 24 hours.
You · Day 2
The PR review prompt keeps flagging our internal ID format as a security issue. Can we exclude fields ending in _ref_id?PickBits · Day 2
Good catch. Add this under the serializer section: Exception: fields matching *_ref_id are internal reference keys, safe to expose. Updated file attached — also patched your debug prompt with the same list.You · Day 5
How do I get Claude to use our custom linter rules when reviewing?PickBits · Day 5
Add your .rubocop.yml to the context window. Here's the updated prompt that pulls it in automatically — drop it in the same directory.The experience
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1
Before
Pre-survey
A 10-minute form on your role, stack, and goals so we hit the ground running.
2
60 min
Live session
Screen-share on your real codebase — building prompts, configuring tools, real tasks.
3
Within 24 hrs
Deliverables
Prompt library, tool configs, and a written playbook — packaged and ready to use.
4
7 days
Async Q&A
Reply to your follow-up email as questions come up; responses within 24 hours.
Group Workshops · for groups, in person
Teach the whole room at once.
Coaching levels up one person; consulting is us building it into your team. A workshop is the operator in your room, teaching your whole group hands-on — on the AI tools they already run, or the PickBits University curriculum delivered live as a class instead of read alone. On-site or remote, scoped to your stack and your day.
01
Custom tool workshop
A hands-on session on the tools your group actually uses — Claude Code, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT — worked through on your real tasks, not toy demos.
02
University, taught live
Any PickBits University track — Vibe Coder, Field Guides, Vibe Management, Solo Business — delivered as a live class, with Q&A and your team's real work done in the room.
03
On-site or remote
We come to you, or run it live over video for a distributed team. Half-day or full-day formats, sized to the group.
04
Everyone keeps the materials
The group walks out with the prompt vaults, configs, and playbooks from the session — yours to keep and extend after we leave.
Scope a workshop →
A free 30-minute call to pick the format, the tools, and a date that fits your group.
Agentic AI Training Program · for orgs going AI-native
Train your org to ship agentic systems.
When the goal isn't a one-off workshop but a whole organisation learning to design, ship, secure, and operate AI agents — the four-track PickBits University curriculum delivered as a structured program. Self-serve for the individual contributors, live workshops for the team, embedded engagements where the workflows actually need to ship. Built in Phoenix, taught worldwide.
01
Four-track curriculum
Vibe Coder (builders), Vibe Management (IT teams in production), Field Guides (knowledge workers), Solo Business (operators) — each track its own mental model and working stack.
02
Mix the format to fit the team
Self-serve Track Packs for individual contributors, live workshops for the whole department, embedded consulting where the workflows need to ship into your real stack — same curriculum, three velocities.
03
Free weekly drop-in
Every Saturday at 10am Phoenix — a themed 60-minute workshop your team can attend free. Use it as a sampler before you scope the bigger engagement, or as ongoing reinforcement after.
04
Operator-led, not vendor-aligned
Tool-agnostic across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, MCP. Taught by the same person who ships agents into production every week — no junior associates, no cookie-cutter slides.
Proof · client builds & quotes
Real builds.
Real quotes.
A live bilingual storefront, an AI pantry app in production, and the engineers who took the curriculum and shipped. The names go on once each person signs off — until then, the slots are honest about it.
Featured case study · client build · live
Excellens — Bilingual eyewear retail SaaS, six weeks to live.
A full retail platform from scratch — bilingual EN/ES catalog, appointment booking, JWT-secured admin back office, and PostgreSQL-backed frame inventory. Live at excellens.us.
Read the full case study →What graduates and clients say
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Field Guides · knowledge worker
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Before you book
Common questions.
Coaching, workshops, or consulting — which do I need?+
Coaching levels up one person fast — one focused session on your own codebase. A workshop teaches a whole group at once — live and hands-on, on your tools or the University curriculum, so everyone leaves with the same working habits. Consulting goes further still: multi-week engagements where we build and embed the workflows into how your team works. Rule of thumb: one person → coaching; a group that needs to learn it → workshop; a team that needs it built and shipped → consulting.
Do you run workshops on-site?+
Yes — on-site wherever it makes sense, or live over video for a distributed team. Half-day and full-day formats, scoped to the size of the group and whether it's a custom tool session or University classes taught live. Travel, format, and date all get settled on the free 30-minute call.
Do I need to be at a certain skill level for coaching?+
Yes — this is for working professionals who already use their tools daily. You don't need to be an AI expert, but you need a real codebase or workflow to work with. We don't do intro-level sessions.
My stack isn't a common one. Can you still help?+
Yes. The deliverables apply to any stack. Tell us what you're working with in the booking form and we'll confirm fit before scheduling.
Is one coaching session enough?+
For most people, one focused session delivers a working workflow they can build on independently. The 7-day async support and written playbook fill the gaps without a second call. Follow-up sessions are available any time — no package required.
What does a consulting engagement cost?+
It's scoped to the work — team size, number of workflows, whether a knowledge base already exists. The free 30-minute strategy call is where we map the opportunity and give you a straight answer on expected ROI before anything's committed.
What happens on the free strategy call?+
30 minutes, no pitch. We assess your team's AI potential and tell you honestly where automation will deliver meaningful ROI — and where it won't. You leave with a clear opportunity map whether or not we work together.
Pick your door
Bring the operator into the room.
One hour on your codebase, a workshop for your whole group, or a multi-week engagement for your team. Each starts with a real conversation.