Valentin Despa training a team

Training

Training that helps teams learn fast and deliver.

On-site or remote sessions for teams. Practical, opinionated, and built around your needs — not a generic curriculum.

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Topic catalog

AI for software development

  • · AI-assisted coding with Cursor, Codex, Claude Code & Windsurf
  • · Copilots & agents
  • · Vibe coding workflows
  • · Reviewing AI-generated code

AI at work

  • · Prompt engineering with Claude, ChatGPT & Copilot
  • · AI workflows
  • · Tooling for teams
  • · Custom GPTs

API & testing

  • · Postman fundamentals
  • · Test automation with Newman & Postman CLI
  • · Performance testing with k6
  • · API design

DevOps

  • · GitLab CI/CD
  • · Jenkins
  • · AWS

Formats

1–2 hours

Lightning session

Remote

A short, high-impact session on a specific topic.

4–8 hours

Half-day or full-day intensive

Remote or on-site

Focused deep dive on a tool or workflow.

16 hours

2-day bootcamp

Remote or on-site

Full curriculum from fundamentals to team-ready practice.

Scoped to you

Custom program

Remote or on-site

From a single session to a multi-week engagement tailored to your team's stack and goals.

Past trainings

Due to the high profile of many of my customers, I can't always disclose their names. Below is a selection of past trainings, listed by industry and country.

  • Remote · Remote

    Practical Cursor: Software Development using Agentic Workflows

    A hands-on session exploring Cursor across the full software development lifecycle — from prompt engineering and model selection to analyzing code, writing specs, and debugging. Covers context management, Cursor Rules for team standards, MCP integrations for external data sources, and wraps up with AI-assisted code reviews, security best practices, and the latest features.

  • Haufe Group · Germany · On-site

    Introduction to Vibe Coding

    Hands-on workshop introducing Vibe Coding — a fresh, human-centric approach to coding practices that enhances team collaboration, creativity, and flow. Participants gain practical tools and techniques to write more intuitive code, work with deeper focus, and align better with team dynamics.

  • Airline · United States · Remote

    CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and AWS CDK

    Engineering enablement program framing DevSecOps as both a methodology and a mindset, and CI/CD as a differentiating capability. Deep dive into the GitLab CI/CD platform and products, then combining GitLab with AWS CDK to deliver fully automated pipelines from commit to production.

  • Airline · United States · Remote

    Managed databases on AWS with RDS and DynamoDB

    Hands-on training on AWS-managed data stores — Relational Database Service (RDS) for relational workloads and DynamoDB for high-scale key-value and document use cases — provisioned and operated through the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK).

  • Airline · United States · Remote

    Observability on AWS with CloudWatch and X-Ray

    Workshop on building monitoring and alerting into production systems using CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alarms, plus AWS X-Ray for distributed tracing. Focus on quality dashboards and patterns that improve application resiliency.

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