Built From Real Experience

We started osxcrevanto because we saw too many people struggling to break into software development without real collaborative practice.

Traditional learning paths give you theory and solo projects. But the reality of working in tech? It's messy team dynamics, version control conflicts at 3am, and figuring out how to communicate technical ideas without sounding pretentious. That's what we teach here.

How This Started

Back in 2023, Marlow Thackston was mentoring junior developers at a Wellington startup. Same pattern kept repeating. Bright people with coding skills, completely lost when it came to working with others on actual projects.

The issue wasn't technical knowledge. It was collaborative muscle memory. Nobody had taught them how to review code constructively, or how to handle the inevitable friction when three people have different ideas about architecture.

So we built something different. A learning environment where you work with real teammates from day one. Where merge conflicts aren't disasters, they're Tuesday.

Students collaborating on development project

What Guides Our Teaching

Real Projects, Real Stakes

You won't build another todo app here. Our projects are messy, complex, and designed to mirror what you'll actually encounter in professional environments.

Friction Is Learning

When your teammate disagrees with your approach, that's not a problem to avoid. That's where growth happens. We create space for productive conflict.

Honest Feedback

We won't tell you you're doing great when you're not. But we also won't leave you guessing what to improve. Direct, specific, actionable guidance.

Who Teaches Here

Saffron Eldridge

Lead Instructor, Backend Systems

Spent eight years at a fintech company in Auckland where she led a team of eleven developers. She's seen every possible way a deployment can go wrong. Her teaching style is direct, sometimes blunt, but students say she's the first instructor who actually prepared them for real work environments. She still codes daily and maintains open source projects.

Our instructors aren't career educators. They're working developers who teach because they remember how confusing the industry was when they started. They bring current practices, recent war stories, and zero tolerance for outdated advice.

Where We're Headed

The New Zealand tech scene is growing, but there's still a gap between what companies need and what traditional education provides. We're working to close that.

Our autumn 2025 cohort will include more focus on distributed team workflows since remote collaboration isn't going anywhere. We're also adding modules on technical writing because being able to document your code clearly matters more than most people realize.

By early 2026, we're planning to launch a mentorship program connecting our graduates with experienced developers for ongoing guidance. The transition from learning to working shouldn't be a cliff edge.

Want To Learn With Us?

Our next program starts September 2025. Applications open in June.

See Program Details

Team working through technical challenge