Mike Schinkel

5.0

(33 reviews)

US$25.00

For every 15 mins

Sessions/Jobs

ABOUT ME

I mentor on how to build software using Claude Code

I am US-based and have 30+ years experience during which I have been an AI user, a software engineer, a programming trainer, a marketer and an entrepreneur.

My current focus is in long term tutoring professional in using AI, software development, and/or CI/CD DevOps

Specifically:

I specialize in teaching Claude Code to non-developers who want to build software
I specialize in Go and Bash but can handle any language; e.g. Python, TypeScript, etc.
I love APIs and can teach you how to call them with command line Bash tools
I can teach you how to write API servers in Go, and also how to call APIs in Go.
I have 25+ years in SQL and can teach SQLite, MySQL, or Postgres
I can teach you to configure macOS and Linux for programming
I can teach CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, or others
I can teach using Docker containers and/or how to build them
I can how to write Kubernetes controllers and operators in Go
I can teach you how to work with Digital Ocean or basics in AWS.

I can also teach you many other things. While I don't use Windows daily, I have used it in the past and am familiar with PowerShell and Windows System for Linux so I can help with those if need be.

ALSO, I am great at learning on the fly so if you are interested in me helping you learn something I have not listed I will consider giving a discount for topics that allow me to learn new things while teaching, especially related to AWS.

English

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (-04:00)

Joined March 2014

EXPERTISE

3 years experience

I have been using ChatGPT since first released, then Claude Code once released for around 8 hours a day since it was first released to ai...

I have been using ChatGPT since first released, then Claude Code once released for around 8 hours a day since it was first released to aid me in developing software. At this point (May 2026) I have become very experienced using it in ad-hoc, exploratory, entrepreneur driven manner to rapidly build software where I almost never need to touch the code anymore. I have been building a tool named Endless (github.com/mikeschinkel/endless) that allows a Claude Code user to juggle many projects concurrently without getting overwhelmed.

Claude.aiClaudeChatGPT

Claude.aiClaudeChatGPT OpenAIAi/llm technologiesAi product experiencesAi automationCodex

Claude

2 years experience

I have been using Claude Code around 8 hours a day since it was first released to aid me in developing software. At this point (May 2026)...

I have been using Claude Code around 8 hours a day since it was first released to aid me in developing software. At this point (May 2026) I have become very experienced using it in ad-hoc, exploratory, entrepreneur driven manner to rapidly build software where I almost never need to touch the code anymore. I have been building a tool named Endless (github.com/mikeschinkel/endless) that allows a Claude Code user to juggle many projects concurrently without getting overwhelmed.

Ai automationAi/llm technologiesChatGPT

Ai automationAi/llm technologiesChatGPT OpenAIClaude.aiAI Golang Python Bash Codex

ChatGPT

3 years experience

I have been using ChatGPT since first released, then Claude Code once released for around 8 hours a day since it was first released to ai...

Codex AIAi/llm technologies

Codex AIAi/llm technologiesAi product experiencesAi automation

Golang

5 years experience | 1 endorsement

While I have over 25+ years of development experience over 7 years as a professional programming trainer, I have now worked with Go for 5...

While I have over 25+ years of development experience over 7 years as a professional programming trainer, I have now worked with Go for 5+ years on a variety of projects, some targeting all of Mac, Linux and Windows. I am available to both mentor developers who are brand new to Go and want to get up to speed using it quickly — especially if coming from a PHP background — and also to do development of custom packages for teams using Go, especially if integrating with Docker, VMware, Tart VM, VirtualBox and/or using JSON.

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macOS Windows Application Linux Docker JSON Microservices

API Integration

19 years experience | 3 endorsements

I have been working with and developing API integrations since 2006, in the past decade focused on leveraging Swagger/OpenAPI for API int...

I have been working with and developing API integrations since 2006, in the past decade focused on leveraging Swagger/OpenAPI for API integrations in first PHP and then Go, and really enjoy working on automations.

Openapi specification Workflow Automation

Codex

2 years experience

I have been using ChatGPT and Codex since first released, then Claude Code once released for around 8 hours a day since it was first rele...

I have been using ChatGPT and Codex since first released, then Claude Code once released for around 8 hours a day since it was first released to aid me in developing software. At this point (May 2026) I have become very experienced using it in ad-hoc, exploratory, entrepreneur driven manner to rapidly build software where I almost never need to touch the code anymore. I have been building a tool named Endless (github.com/mikeschinkel/endless) that allows a Claude Code/Codex user to juggle many projects concurrently without getting overwhelmed.

Ai automationAi product experiencesAi/llm technologies

Ai automationAi product experiencesAi/llm technologiesAI ChatGPT OpenAI

RESTful API

19 years experience

I have been studying and/or developing RESTful APIs since 2006 wheren I coined the term RESTafarian. I have developed numerous REST-ish A...

I have been studying and/or developing RESTful APIs since 2006 wheren I coined the term RESTafarian. I have developed numerous REST-ish APIs over the years, mostly without HATEOAS. In recent years I have fallen in love with Go and its almost perfect fit for developing HTTP-based APIs. I have both designed and developed as well as used many APIs over the years, the most recent of which was when creating both a API client for a bespoke DNS API backed by InfoBlox and relatedly a Kubernetes External DNS Webhook Provider for using said API client.

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Openapi specification Golang HTTP Rest api design API Api testing API Integration API Automation JSON API Web Development

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(33 reviews)

Eric Birchak

February 2026

Mike is an awesome tutor. He has been helping me learn Go from a true beginner’s standpoint, and he is a total treasure trove of knowledge. He always shows up with a plan and a clear learning path, and he makes sure concepts really click before we move on. The homework he gives has been super helpful for checking that I am actually retaining what we covered. If you are looking for a tutor to help you understand programming languages, I highly recommend Mike!

David Harrington

June 2025

Thorough and reliable

Danny Fein

June 2025

Mike was extremely patient and helpful – I highly recommend working with him!

Adrian Magpantay

June 2025

On my first impression on him based on his feedback on my request, I was convinced that he knows very well the thing that he is doing and analyzing. During our session, he explains well and really let you feel that he really knows what he is doing. He also goes beyond the extra miles of doing some research before having our second session. He is a trustworthy mentor unlike some I experienced who claims they know how to do it but time passes by in our sessions and no progress. He also not charging so much. I'm lucky that I have chosen him as my code mentor.

David Harrington

June 2025

Super expert. Persistent and detail-oriented.

David Liang

June 2025

He conducted an interview session with me and I built a server with him, Mike always share the right way to do things in the industry standard, very helpful

David Liang

June 2025

excellent session, Mike went far and beyond showing me not just theory, but also real world project examples and patiently answering my questions

David Liang

June 2025

Mike has been very patient with me and gave me a lot of work related examples while explaining the concepts to me, I will definitely recommend him for my friends who want to learn Go.

JeremyJalpha

April 2025

Mike is a hard and detailed orientated worker.

roda warsame

April 2025

Very helpful and patient

SOCIAL PRESENCE

GitHub

prefsctl

CLI tool for applying preferences on macOS similar to how kubectl works for Kubernetes objects

go-debuggable-k3d-pod

Proof-of-concept for a GoLand+Delve-debuggable GoLang app running Kubernetes (K8s) using K3s within K3d

Shell

Stack Overflow

4970 Reputation

PROJECTS

EndlessView Project

Self

2026

Endless is a CLI tool and web dashboard tool to empower Claude Code users to manage many parallel projects and/or many phases of the same...

Endless is a CLI tool and web dashboard tool to empower Claude Code users to manage many parallel projects and/or many phases of the same project, without getting overwhelmed. Endless is especially focused on interactive, exploratory use of AI to empower developers and non-developers alike to build software by starting with a concept and the continuously iterative by implementing and interacting with just one or a few features at a time. It is current in pre-release alpha though its progress is viewable on Github, see the link in the description.

Python

Git

Bash

Python

Git

Bash

SQLite

GitHub

Golang

Claude