Short, interactive courses on servers, hosting and AI — written for people who run a business, not a data centre.
No jargon left untranslated. Six short, hands-on courses — each finished over a coffee, each with a click-through diagram or live sandbox and a quick quiz. Made by the team at DesignM8.
They build on each other, so working through in order is ideal — but dip into any one you fancy.
What a server actually is, and what every part inside it — the CPU, GPU, memory and storage — really does.
Start course →Where your server lives, and how it’s kept powered, cool, secure and online around the clock — plus backups and uptime.
Start course →How you rent and run computers in “the cloud” — the mystery removed — and what actually drives the monthly bill.
Start course →From spinning up a server and taking a website live, to using AI well — and connecting your own AI to the world, safely.
Start course →Never typed a command? Learn the Mac Terminal, bash and SSH from zero — and build a working web page by hand in a safe, built-in practice terminal you can’t break.
Start course →Ready for more? Chain commands with pipes, search with grep, write scripts that automate the boring, manage permissions and processes, and SSH properly with keys — with a pipeline-capable sandbox to play in.
We build websites, apps and AI tools for businesses across the UK. We made these courses because we think you should understand what you’re paying for — no smoke, no mirrors, no baffling with jargon.
If you’d like a hand with your own website, hosting, or putting AI to work in your business, we’re one message away.