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Brian Holt
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Brian Holt currently serves as a staff product manager at Neon, bringing his robust experience in JavaScript engineering to the product. With a rich background that includes being a JavaScript engineer and PM at tech giants like Netflix, Stripe, Snowflake, LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Reddit, Brian has a keen eye for developer experience and cloud services. Beyond the office, Brian is probably drinking coffee or beer, playing Dota 2 poorly, snowboarding anywhere he can, and playing with his son and dog in Sacramento.
Workshops with Brian Holt
Complete Intro to MCP
Take a first-principles approach as you explore Model Context Protocol (MCP) while building complex agent workflows on top of LLMs.
Build a Fullstack Next.js App, v4
Neon
Spend two days with Brian Holt building and deploying a fullstack Next.js app. Master React Server Components, Server Actions, Auth and more!
Brian Holt's Courses
Intermediate React, v6
Neon
Master React 19 and create high-performance apps! Build projects using React Server Components, static site generation, and server-side rendering. Explore performance bottlenecks in the framework and leverage transitions and deferred values as you maximize performance.
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Complete Intro to React, v9
Neon
Learn to build real-world apps with React 18 and React 19. Use tools like Vite, ESLint, and Prettier to scaffold a project and the latest React and TanStack features to build a complete e-commerce application.
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Complete Intro to SQLite
Neon
Learn SQLite, the world’s most widely-deployed database. Learn SQL syntax, performance and scaling strategies. Build real-world apps with Node.js integration.
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Complete Intro to Containers, v2
Neon
Get an introduction to containers from the ground up. Build a container by hand, then learn Docker, optimization, multi-container projects, and intro to Kubernetes.
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Complete Intro to Product Management
Neon
Learn the role of a Product Manager in a technical environment – learn through real-world exercises to ideate, prioritize, and create roadmaps for projects.
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Complete Intro to SQL & PostgreSQL
Neon
Using the popular PostgreSQL database, you'll learn to set up, model, and query your data through real-world projects.
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Complete Intro to Web Development, v3
Neon
This web development course will take you from building your first website to having the foundation for becoming a professional web developer. Start learning for free!
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Complete Intro to Real-Time
Neon
Learn to build apps where the client can push messages to the server and talk in real-time. Start today!
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Complete Intro to Computer Science
Neon
Learn our computer science intro course and understand Algorithms and Big O Analysis, Recursion, Sorting, Data Structures, AVL Trees, and more.
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Complete Intro to Databases
Neon
In this course you'll learn the basics of using four of the most popular open-source types of databases: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Neo4j, and Redis.
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Complete Intro to Linux and the Command-Line
Neon
Gain powerful command-line skills, learn to use Ubuntu, quit VIM, handle package management, and write your own shell scripts!
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Complete Front-End Project: Build a Game
Neon
Organize your front-end code, manage application state with state machines, and automate writing better code using tools like ESLint, Parcel, and Prettier.
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What They're Saying
This course gave me a better understanding of databases and their core functionalities. I think the knowledge I gained from this course will help me choose the right databases for different projects and work with them seamlessly.
Hasitha Peiris
I just finished this course, and I have to say, it was an incredible learning experience! The way the material was presented made even the more complex topics feel approachable and easy to understand. Everything from the structure of the lessons to the hands-on examples helped me build real, practical skills. A huge thank you to Brian Holt for putting together such a well-crafted and beginner-friendly course. Your teaching style is engaging, clear, and full of helpful insights that go beyond just the code, you truly make learning enjoyable. This course has given me the confidence to keep growing as a developer, and I’m so grateful for the knowledge and encouragement along the way. Highly recommended to anyone looking to learn from one of the best educators out there.
Fares Mohamed
It was an absolute pleasure to watch and learn. My programming flow has significantly improved. I feel very empowered, and my shell looks great!
Prince Kofi Asiedu
I like Brian's way of teaching and I appreciate the time he has taken to explain the setup and tools. The supporting notes are great too!
Esme France
It was extremely interesting to see what Next.js actually does under the hood. I learned a lot. Thanks for this course!
David Windler
Really great course, as always! I wanted to take it to get familiar with SQL and I'd say I got much more out of the course, it did exceed my expectations. Loved the practical examples along with all the new concepts, also was great to play around a bit in a NodeJS app to see how all of these concepts look like when you develop an app. I feel like this was foundation course for me to take, as I've been working on web apps for 8 years with only dabbling, and frankly, afraid of DBs. Now I feel well equipped to go build the things which I procrastinated on due to being afraid of SQL and everything near DBs. Thanks to Brian Holt and the entire Frontend Masters team for another great course, you are doing wonderful educational work.
Vladislav Kovechenkov
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