After utilizing web based programming environments/tools like posit cloud, anaconda cloud and google colab, I was excited to read about GitHub Codespaces. I decided to take the GitHub Codespaces for Students course and was not disappointed. It was definitely a quick crash course but it was super helpful, insightful and very hands-on. I can definitely see how this can be another option going forward and helpful for easing the process of getting some of my projects put up on github and updating that work. This particular course introduced me to the student GitHub Pro discount and the GitHub Student Developer Pack. Apart from introducing me to GitHub Codespaces, I also got a quick introduction to dev containers and their importance and use when utilizing GitHub Codespaces. It also included a quick hands-on project on machine learning with Codespaces!